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Jingpho (Gauri)

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Brahmaputran

Lat/lon: 24.367651, 97.514087

ISO code: kac

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bt, d, tʰk, gʔ
trillr
fricativefsɕh
affricatets, dztʃ, dʒ
nasalmn̩, nŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short pre-glottalised series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpalatalvelar
trillˀr
nasalˀmˀnˀŋ
approximantˀwˀj
lateral approximantˀl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
opena

Diphthongs

/ui/, /oi/, /ai/, /au/

Tones

21, 33, 55, 51

Licit initial clusters

{p,b,k,g,f,h}{r,j}, {m,n,ʔm,ʔn}j

Licit finals

p, t, k, ʔ, m, n, ŋ

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)

Source: Kurabe, Keita. 2015. Issues in the historical phonology of Gauri Jingpho. Himalayan Linguistics 14.1–19.

Comments: Diphthongs only occur in open syllables.

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