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Tujia (Northern)

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Ungrouped

Lat/lon: 29.016102, 109.568625

ISO code: tji

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpalatalvelar
stopp, pʰt, tʰk, kʰ
fricatives, zx
affricatetsʰ, ts
nasalmŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɨu
close-midɤ
open-midɛɔ
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
open-midɛ̃ɔ̃
open

Diphthongs

/ej/, /aw/, /aj/

Tones

55, 24, 21, 51

Licit initial clusters

Cw, Cj

Licit finals

ŋ

Licit syllabic templates

(C)({w/j})V(ŋ)

Source: Brassett, Cecilia.; Philip Brassett.; and Meiyan Lu. 2006. The Tujia language. Languages of the world. Materials 455. München: Lincom Europa.

Comments: The symbol /ɜ/ was used to represent a purportedly front nasalised vowel. It was recorded as /ɛ/, like the oral vowel.

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