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Rawang (Mutwang)

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Nungish

Lat/lon: 27.89462, 97.69328

ISO code: raw

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stoppʰ, btʰ, dkʰ, ɡʔ
fricatives, zʃx
affricatetʃʰ, dʒ
nasalmnŋ
approximantwɻj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideɵo
midə
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-midɵː
midəː
open

Tones

55, 33, 11

Licit finals

p, t, k, ʔ, m, n, ŋ, r, l

Source: Morse, Robert H. 1963. Phonology of Rawang. Anthropological Linguistics 5.17–41; Morse, Stephen A. 1988. A Short Update on Rawang Phonology. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 11.120–132.

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