Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Dhimal-Toto

Lat/lon: 26.0, 87.5

ISO code: dhi

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	b, bʰ, p, pʰ		d, dʰ, t, tʰ			g, gʰ, k, kʰ	ʔ
tap			ɾ, ɾ̥
fricative			s				ɦ
affricate				dʑ, dʑʰ, tɕ
nasal	m, m̥		n, n̥			ŋ
approximant		w, ʍ			j, j̊
lateral approximant			l, l̥

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i		u
close-mid	e		o
mid		ə
open		a

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː		uː
close-mid	eː		oː
open		aː

Short nasalised series

	front	central	back
close	ĩ		ũ
close-mid	ẽ		õ
open		ã

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)