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Poula

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Kuki-Chin-Naga

Lat/lon: 25.394561, 94.148133

ISO code: pmx

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, b, pʰt, d, tʰc, cʰk, g, kʰ
tapɾ
fricativesɕ, ʑh
affricatetɕ, dʑ
nasalmnŋ, ŋ̊
approximantʋj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
opena

Diphthongs

/ai/, /ao/, /əi/, /əu/

Tones

11, 21, 231, 51

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

Ø

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V

Source: Sahiinii, Lemaina V. and Barika, Khyriem. 2015. Poula phonetics and phonology: An initial overview. North East Indian Linguistics 7, 47-62. Canberra, Australian National University: Asia-Pacific Linguistics Open Access.

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