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Solu Sherpa (Hile)

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 27.501358, 86.730984

ISO code: xsr

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪dʈ, ʈʰ, ɖc, cʰ, ɟk, kʰ, g
trillr, r̥
fricativesʃh
affricatets, tsʰ, dztʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl, l̥

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midɛɔ, ʌ
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open-midɛ̃ɔ̃, ʌ̃
open

Tones

55, 53, 11, 13

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

k, ʈ, r, l, n, t̪, m, p

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)

Source: Graves, Thomas E. 2007. A grammar of Hile Sherpa. State University of New York at Buffalo.

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