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Tamang (Eastern)

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: TGMT

Lat/lon: 27.652924, 85.846514

ISO code: taj

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stoppʰ, ptʰ, tʈʰ, ʈkʰ, k
trillr
fricativesh
affricatetsʰ, ts
nasalmnŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Diphthongs

/wi/, /oi/, /ai/, /au/, /ju/, /jo/, /ja/, /wa/, /juː/, /joː/, /jaː/, /waː/

Triphthongs

/jau/, /wai/, /juaː/, /jui/, /joi/, /jai/

Tones

53, 44, 22, 11

Licit finals

p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l, r, s

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(r/l/j/w/rw)V(C)

Source: Mazaudon, Martine. 2003. Tamang. In LaPolla, Randy J., and Graham Thurgood (eds.) Sino-Tibetan Languages. London: Routledge, 291–314.

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