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Miyako (Ogami)

Phylum: Japonic

Genus: Ryukyuan

Lat/lon: 24.9156478, 125.307708

ISO code: mvi

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarvelar
stop
tapɾ
fricativef, f̩s, s̩
nasalm, m̩n, n̩
approximantʋ, ʋ̩

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeɯ̞
near-closeʊ
close-mid
open

Licit finals

m, f, ʋ, s, ŋ

Licit syllabic templates

(X)(X)W(W)(Z), Y(Y)(Z)

Source: Pellard, Thomas. 2009. Ogami: Éléments de description d'un parler du sud des Ryukyus. Paris: École des hautes études en sciences sociales

Comments: /b/, /d/, /g/, /ts/, /tɕ/ occur marginally. X = pʰ, m, f, ʋ, s, ɾ, n, tʰ, kʰ, m̩, n̩, ʋ̩, s̩, f̩ Y = m̩, n̩, ʋ̩ W = s̩, f̩, i̞, ɯ̞, ʊ, e̞, ä Z = m, f, ʋ, s, n

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)