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South Mustang Tibetan (Jharkhot)

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 28.817816, 83.849625

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dʈ, ʈʰ, ɖc, cʰ, ɟk, kʰ, g
trillr, r̥
fricativesʃh
affricatets, tsʰ, dztʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ
nasalm, m̥nɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl, l̥

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closey
near-closeɪʊ
open-midɛ, œɔ
opena

Tones

55, 11

Licit initial clusters

pj, tj, tw, dj, dw

Licit finals

p, k, m, n, l, r, ŋ

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)

Source: Kretschmar, Monika. 1995. Erzählungen und Dialekt aus Südmustang. Beiträge zur tibetischen Erzählforschung Bd. 12. Bonn: VGH-Wissenschaftsverlag.

Comments: Initial clusters are very rare. Tone is partly predictable from consonantal anlaut.

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