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Santali

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Munda

Lat/lon: 23.6101808, 85.2799354

ISO code: sat

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, b, bʰt, d, tʰ, dʰʈ, ɖ, ɖʰc, ɟ, ɟʰk, g
trillr
tapɽ
fricativesh
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
open-midɛɔ
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
midə̃
open-midɛ̃ɔ̃
open

Diphthongs

/ae/, /ao/, /eo/, /iu/, /ui/, /əi/, /əu/, /ei/, /ɔe/, /ɛo/, /oe/, /oi/, /ea/, /oa/, /uə/, /iə/, /io/

Licit finals

p, t, k, ʈ, ɖ, c, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, n, h, r, ɽ, l

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(N)(C)

Source: Ghosh, Arun. 2008. Santali. The Munda Languages, ed. by Gregory D.S. Anderson, 11–98. Routledge language family series. London: Routledge.

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