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Udihe (Bikin)

Phylum: Tungusic

Genus: Northern Tungusic

Lat/lon: 46.54, 135.36

ISO code: ude

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelar
stopb, pd̪, t̪g, k
fricativefsx
affricatedz, tstʃ
nasalmn̪ɲŋ
approximantwj

Short palatalised series

dental
lateral approximantl̪ʲ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yu
close-midø̞o̞
open-midɜ
near-openæ
openä

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yːuː
close-midøːo̞ː
open-midɜː
near-openæː
openäː

Short creaky voiced series

frontcentral
close-mide̞̰ɵ̞̰
near-openæ̰
opena̰

Diphthongs

/ie̞/

Licit initial clusters

∅

Licit finals

∅

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(V)(C)

Source: Nikolaeva, Irina; Tolskaya, Maria. 2001. A grammar of Udihe. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter

Comments: /f/ and /tʃ/ are marginally phonemic.

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