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Kalasha (Northern)
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Indo-Aryan
Lat/lon: 35.700556, 71.691667
ISO code: kls
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | glottal |
| stop | p, pʰ, b, bʰ | | t, tʰ, d, dʰ | | ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰ | | k, kʰ, g, gʰ | |
| trill | | | r | | | | | |
| fricative | | | s, z | ʃ, ʒ | ʂ, ʐ | | | h |
| affricate | | | ts, tsʰ, dz, dzʰ | tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ | ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ | | | |
| nasal | m | | n | | | ɲ | | |
| approximant | | w | | | | j | | |
| lateral approximant | | | l | | | | | |
Short palatalised series
| alveolar |
| lateral approximant | lʲ |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| close | i, i˞ | | u, u˞ |
| close-mid | e, e˞ | | o, o˞ |
| open | | a, a˞ | |
Short nasalised series
| front | central | back |
| close | ĩ | | ũ |
| close-mid | ẽ | | õ |
| open | | ã | |
Source: Bashir, Elena. 1988. Topics in Kalasba syntax: An areal and typological perspective. The University of Michigan.
Comments: Status of phonemic length and tonal distinctions is unclear.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)