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Atayal

Phylum: Austronesian

Genus: Atayalic

Lat/lon: 24.79, 121.56

ISO code: tay

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopptkqʔ
trillr
fricativeβsʒɣ, xħ
affricatets
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yu
open-midɛɔ
open

Licit initial clusters

Licit finals

p, t, k, q, ʔ, s, m, n, j, w

Licit syllabic templates

CV(C), CwV(C), CjV(C)

Source: Rau, Der-Hwa Victoria. 1992. A Grammar ot Atayal. Cornell University

Comments: Consonant clusters are disallowed and prevented by the insertion of non-phonemic schwa.

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