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Ushojo

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 35.127722, 72.607694

ISO code: ush

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stoppʰ, p, btʰ, t, dʈʰ, ʈ, ɖkʰ, k, g
tapɾɽ
fricatives, zʂ, ʐɕ, ʑxh
affricatets, dzʈʂ, ɖʐtɕ, dʑ
nasalmnɳŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantlɭ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midʌ
openɑ

Long series

frontback
close
close-mid
openɑː

Short nasalised series

frontback
close
close-mid
open-midʌ̃
openɑ̃

Source: Decker, Sandra J. (1992). Ushojo. Languages of Kohistan, ed. by Calvin R. Rensch, Sandra J. Decker & Daniel G. Hallberg, 65–80. Islamabad: National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University.

Comments: The description is highly preliminary.

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