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Ushojo
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Indo-Aryan
Lat/lon: 35.127722, 72.607694
ISO code: ush
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | alveolar | retroflex | alveolo-palatal | palatal | velar | glottal |
stop | pʰ, p, b | | tʰ, t, d | ʈʰ, ʈ, ɖ | | | kʰ, k, g | |
tap | | | ɾ | ɽ | | | | |
fricative | | | s, z | ʂ, ʐ | ɕ, ʑ | | x | h |
affricate | | | ts, dz | ʈʂ, ɖʐ | tɕ, dʑ | | | |
nasal | m | | n | ɳ | | | ŋ | |
approximant | | w | | | | j | | |
lateral approximant | | | l | ɭ | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | back |
close | i | u |
close-mid | e | o |
open-mid | | ʌ |
open | | ɑ |
Long series
| front | back |
close | iː | uː |
close-mid | eː | oː |
open | | ɑː |
Short nasalised series
| front | back |
close | ĩ | ũ |
close-mid | ẽ | õ |
open-mid | | ʌ̃ |
open | | ɑ̃ |
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)