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Wotapuri-Katarqalai

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 34.984216, 71.03929

ISO code: wsv

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dʈ, ʈʰ, ɖk, kʰ, gq
trillr
tapɽ
fricativefs, zʂxh
affricatets, tsʰ, dzʈʂ, ʈʂʰ
nasalmnɳ
approximantwj
lateral approximantlɭ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Long nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩːũː
close-midẽːõː
openãː

Source: Bashir, Elena. 2007. Dardic. The Indo-Aryan languages, ed. by George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain, 818–894. Routledge language family series. London: Routledge; Buddruss, Georg. 1960. Die Sprache von Wotapur und Katarqala. Bonn: Orientalische Seminar der Universität Bonn.

Comments: “Tonal contours were observed in some words, but phonemic oppositions not attested. Stress is strong and falls on the final syllable of nominal and verbal stems regardless of length; unstressed vowel are reduced (Bd: 15)” (Bashir 2007: 869).

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