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Domari (Palestinian)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 31.8, 35.3

ISO code: rmt

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopp, bt̪, d̪k, gqʔ
trillr̪
fricativef, vs̪, z̪ʃ, ʒx, ɣχħ, ʕh
affricatetʃ, dʒ
nasalmn̪
approximantwj
lateral approximantl̪

Short pharyngealised series

dental
stopt̪ˤ, d̪ˤ
fricatives̪ˤ, z̪ˤ

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midʌ, ɔ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiːuː
close-mideːoː
openaː

Licit initial clusters

t̪k, t̪q, t̪m, t̪n̪, t̪l̪, t̪h, t̪f, t̪s̪, t̪s̪ˤ, t̪ʃ, t̪ħ, t̪w, bk, d̪r̪, gr̪, kl, kr̪, kw, mh, mn̪, mr̪, r̪k, r̪f, s̪t̪, s̪k, s̪n̪, s̪r̪, ʃt̪, ʃr̪, ʃl̪, ʃm, fr̪, fl̪, xr̪, xl̪

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)

Source: Matras, Yaron. 2007. A grammatical sketch of Domari. Manchester: University of Manchester

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