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Lahu (Black)

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Lolo-Burmese

Lat/lon: 22.489616, 99.920917

ISO code: lhu

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvular
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dk, kʰ, ɡq, qʰ
fricativef, vʃx, ɣ
affricatetʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ
nasalmnŋ
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɨu
close-mideo
midə
open-midɛɔ
opena

Diphthongs

/aj/, /aw/, /ew/, /əw/, /ɔw/, /əj/, /ɨj/, /ij/, /ɨɛ/, /wi/, /we/, /wɛ/, /wa/

Tones

33, 35, 53, 21, 11, 54ʔ, 21ʔ

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

ʔ

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(ʔ)

Source: Matisoff, James A. 1973. The grammar of Lahu. University of California publications in linguistics, v. 75. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Comments: /h/ is rare

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