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Themchen Tibetan

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 37.437613, 98.936179

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dk, kʰ, g
trillr
fricativefs, sʰ, zʂʰɕ, ʑçɣχ, ʁh
affricatets, tsʰ, dzʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐtɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
lateral fricativeɬ
nasalm, m̥n, n̥ɲ, ɲ̊ŋ, ŋ̊
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
opena

Licit initial clusters

CCw

Licit finals

C

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)(w)V(C)

Source: Haller, Felix. 2004. Dialekt und Erzählungen von Themchen: sprachwissenschaftliche Beschreibung eines Nomadendialektes aus Nord-Amdo. Beiträge zur tibetischen Erzählforschung Bd. 14. Bonn: VGH Wissenschaftsverlag.

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)