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Baima

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 32.733, 104.318

ISO code: bqh

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabialalveolarpostalveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dk, kʰ, g
trillr
fricatives, sʰ, zʃ, ʃʰ, ʒɕ, ɕʰ, ʑɦ
affricatets, tsʰ, dztʃ, tʃʰ, dʒtɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
nasalmnɲŋ
lateral approximantl

Short pre-nasalised series

bilabialalveolarpostalveolaralveolo-palatalvelar
stopⁿbⁿdⁿg
affricateⁿdzⁿdʒⁿdʑ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yu
close-mide, øo
midə
open-midɛɔ
near-openɐ
openaɑ

Short nasalised series

frontback
close-mid
open-midɛ̃
openɑ̃

Diphthongs

/iø/, /ue/, /iɛ/, /yɛ/, /uɛ/, /io/, /iɔ/, /uɔ/, /iɑ/, /uɑ/, /uɑ̃/

Tones

53, 35, 13, 341

Source: Chirkova, Ekaterina. 2005. Baima nominal postpositions and their etymology. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 28.1–41; Namkung, Ju. 1996. Phonological inventories of Tibeto-Burman languages. Berkley: Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus Project, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, University of California.

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