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Indus Kohistani (Kanyawali)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 35.673435, 73.437842

ISO code: mvy

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, b, bʰt, tʰ, d, dʰʈ, ɖk, kʰ, g, gʰ
trillr
tapɽ, ɽʰ
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒʂ, ʐx, ɣh
affricatets, tsʰtʃ, tʃʰ, dʒʈʂ
nasalmnɳ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

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. 1959. Kanyawali. Proben eines Maiyā̃ Dialektes aus Tangir (Hindukush). Munich: J. Kitzinger.

Comments: “Vowels ī, ē, ā and a are distinct phonemes... The status of length for ī, ē and of o/ō/u/ū is unclear (Bd: 9)” (Bashir 2007: 875)

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