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Western Balochi (Sarāwānī)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Iranic

Lat/lon: 27.37, 62.33

ISO code: bgn

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, bt, dʈ, ɖk, g
tapɾɽ
fricatives, zʃ, ʒχ, ʁh
affricatetʃ, dʒ
nasalmn
approximantʋj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
near-closeɪʊ

Long series

frontback
closeiː, yː
openɑː

Diphthongs

/i̯ɛ/, /u̯ɔ/, /æɪ̯/, /ɔʊ̯/

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Elfenbein, Josef. 1997. Balochi phonology. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 761–776. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns

Comments: /f/, /q/, /ʔ/ are found in careful educated speech.

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