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Dhimal

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Dhimal-Toto

Lat/lon: 26.0, 87.5

ISO code: dhi

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopb, bʰ, p, pʰd, dʰ, t, tʰg, gʰ, k, kʰʔ
tapɾ, ɾ̥
fricativesɦ
affricatedʑ, dʑʰ, tɕ
nasalm, m̥n, n̥ŋ
approximantw, ʍj, j̊
lateral approximantl, l̥

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Diphthongs

/iu/, /ui/, /eu/, /oi/, /au/, /ai/

Licit initial clusters

CG

Licit finals

m, n, ŋ, r, l, ʔ, (k), (t)

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(G)V(C)

Source: King John T. 2009. A grammar of Dhimal. Brill’s Tibetan studies library. Languages of the greater Himalayan region v. 5/8. Leiden ; Boston: Brill.

Comments: G — glide.

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