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Northern Qiang (Yadu)

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Qiangic

Lat/lon: 31.881457, 103.367241

ISO code: cng

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪k, kʰ, gq, qʰ
fricativeɸs, zʂ, ʐɕxχ, ʁh, ɦ
affricatets, tsʰ, dzʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐtɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
lateral fricativeɬ
nasalmɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, y, i˞u
close-mide, e˞o
midə, ə˞
opena, a˞ɑ

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yː
close-mid
openɑː

Diphthongs

/ia/, /iɑ/, /ie/, /ye/, /eu/, /əu/, /ei/, /əi/, /oi/, /uɑ/, /ua/, /uə/, /ue/, /ui/

Triphthongs

/uəi/

Licit initial clusters

FC

Licit finals

FC

Licit syllabic templates

(F)(C)(G)V(G)(F)(C)

Source: LaPolla, Randy J. 2003. Qiang. The Sino-Tibetan languages, ed. by Graham Thurgood and Randy J. LaPolla, 573–587. Routledge language family series 3. London: Routledge.

Comments: G — glide, F — fricative

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