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Gtaʔ

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Munda

Lat/lon: 18.3435863, 81.8825279

ISO code: gaq

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabialalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, btʈ, ɖc, ɟk, gʔ
trillr
tapɽ
fricativesh
nasalmnŋ
lateral approximantl

Short pre-nasalised series

bilabialalveolarretroflexpalatalvelar
stopⁿbⁿdⁿɖⁿɟⁿg

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midœ
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Diphthongs

/we/, /wa/, /wi/, /ui/, /ia/, /oi/

Licit initial clusters

bb, br, bn, bl, bs, bk, bt, cc, cn, cl, cm, ɖɖ, ɖn, ɖb, gg, gr, gn, gl, gɽ, gs, gt, gm, gb, gɖ, gh, hh, hr, hn, hl, hɽ, ɟɟ, ɟn, kk, kn, kl, kɽ, ks, km, ll, ln, ls, lm, lb, lg, lh, mm, mr, mn, ml, nn, nl, ns, nt, (ŋk), pp, pr, pn, pl, pɽ, rr, rn, rs, rk, rb, rg, ss, sr, sn, sl, sk, sm, sb, sɖ, sg, tt, tr, tn, tl, tm, tb, th, bʈ, lŋ, lɟ, gɟ, gc, nc, mp

Licit finals

ʔ, ŋ, k, g, r, n, t

Source: Anderson, Gregory D.S. 2008. Gtaʔ. The Munda Languages, ed. by Gregory D.S. Anderson, 682–763. Routledge language family series. London: Routledge.

Comments: Suprasegmental phenomena not investigated. /bb/ etc. look suspiciously like long consonants.

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