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Chantyal

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: TGMT

Lat/lon: 28.51932, 83.707752

ISO code: chx

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpalatalvelar
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dk, kʰ, ɡ
trillr
fricatives
affricatets, tsʰ, dz
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midʌ
openɑ

Short nasalised series

frontback
close
close-mid
open-midʌ̃
openɑ̃

Short breathy voiced series

frontback
close
close-mid
open-midʌ̤
openɑ̤

Diphthongs

/iw/, /ew/, /ʌw/, /ɑw/, /ej/, /ʌj/, /ɑj/, /oj/, /uj/

Licit initial clusters

CW

Licit finals

V, N, L, C

Source: Noonan, Michael. 2003. Chantyal. In LaPolla, Randy J., and Graham Thurgood (eds.) Sino-Tibetan Languages. London: Routledge, 315–336.

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