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Rājbanshi

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 26.5, 87.8

ISO code: rjs

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, b, pʰ, bʱt̪, d̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ʱt̺, d̺, t̺ʰ, d̺ʱk, g, kʰ, gʱ
trillr, rʱ
fricativesh
affricatets, dz, tsʰ, dzʱ
nasalm, mʱn̪, n̪ʱŋ, ŋʱ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl, lʱ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midʌ
near-openæ

Short nasalised series

front
close-mid
near-openæ̃

Diphthongs

/ũĩ/

Licit initial clusters

gr, pr, d̪r, pj, gl, gj, sk

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C), grV(C), prV(C), d̪rV(C), pjV(C), glV(C), gjV(C), skV(C)

Source: Wilde, Christopher P. 2008. A sketch of the phonology and grammar of Rājbanshi. Helsinki: Helsinki University Print

Comments: Nasalization is barely phonemic but it occurs systematically in some pronouns and few other words (बाँस [bæ̃s] 'bamboo', घाँस [gʱæ̃s] 'grass', साँप [sæ̃p] 'serpent').

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)