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Hayu

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Kiranti

Lat/lon: 27.322848, 86.080756

ISO code: vay

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪k, kʰ, g
tapɾ
fricativesxh
affricatets, tsʰ, dztɕ, dʑ
nasalmŋ
approximantw, ʍj
lateral approximantl, l̥

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
near-closeɪʊ
close-mideo
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
near-closeɪːʊː
close-mid
open

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
near-closeɪ̃ʊ̃
close-mid
open

Long nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩːũː
near-closeɪ̃ːʊ̃ː
close-midẽːõː
openãː

Licit initial clusters

Vl/r, Bl

Licit finals

p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l, ɾ

Licit syllabic templates

CV(C)

Source: Michailovsky, Boyd. 1981. Grammaire de la Langue Hayu (Népal). University of California, Berkeley.

Comments: V — velar; B — bilabial. Length and nasality of vowels is distinctive only in first open syllables of polysyllabic words.

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