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Gadaba

Phylum: Dravidian

Genus: Kolami-Parji

Lat/lon: 18.834493, 82.403434

ISO code: gdb

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalretroflexpalatalvelar
stopp, bt̪, d̪ʈ, ɖc, ɟk, g
trill
fricative
nasalmɳŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Long nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩːũː
close-midẽːõː
openãː

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

p, b, m, w, t̪, d̪, n̪, s̪, r̪, l̪, ʈ, ɖ, ɳ, ɟ, j, k, g, ŋ

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)

Source: Bhaskararao, Peri. 1998. Gadaba. The Dravidian languages, ed. by Sanford B. Steever, 328–355. Routledge language family descriptions. London ; New York: Routledge.

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