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Vallader Romansh
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Romance
Lat/lon: 46.8, 10.3
ISO code: roh
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | glottal |
| stop | p, b | | | t, d | | c, ɟ | k, g | |
| trill | | | | r | | | | |
| fricative | | | f, v | s, z | ʃ, ʒ | | | h |
| affricate | | | | ts, dz | tʃ, dʒ | | | |
| nasal | m | | | n | | ɲ | | |
| approximant | | w | | | | j | | |
| lateral approximant | | | | l | | ʎ | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| close | i, y | | u |
| close-mid | e, ø | | o |
| mid | | ə | |
| open-mid | ɛ | | ɔ |
| open | | ä | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
| close | iː, yː | | uː |
| close-mid | eː, øː | | oː |
| open-mid | ɛː | | ɔː |
| open | | äː | |
Source: Schmid, Stephan. 2010. Les occlusives palatales du Vallader. // Iliescu, M; Siller-Runggaldier, H; Danler, P. Actes du XXVe Congrès International de Linguistique et de Philologie Romanes. Tome II. Berlin—New York, 185–194; Haiman, John; Benincà, Paola (eds.). 1992. The Rhaeto-Romance languages. London: Routledge
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)