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Darkhat

Phylum: Mongolic

Genus: Oirat-Khalkha

Lat/lon: 51.0, 99.0

ISO code: drh

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelar
stopb, pd, tg
trillr
fricativevsɕʝx
affricatedz, tsdʑ, tɕ
nasalmnŋ
approximantw
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closey, iu
close-mide
open-midœ̜ɔ̜
openɑ

Long series

frontcentralback
closeyː, iː
close-mid
open-midœ̜ːɔ̜ː
near-openæː
open

Diphthongs

/ae̯/, /ɞe̯/, /ʉi̯/, /yi̯/

Source: Csaba, Gáspár. 2006. Darkhat. Lincom Europa

Comments: Female pronounciation said to be different.

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)