EURPhon: Bru (Western)

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Katuic

Lat/lon: 17.370871, 103.809554

ISO code: brv

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b		t, tʰ, d	c, cʰ	k, kʰ
tap			ɾ
fricative			s			h
nasal	m		n	ɲ	ŋ
approximant		w, wˀ		j, jˀ, j̊
lateral approximant			l

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i	ɨ	u
close-mid	e		o
open-mid	ɛ		ʌ̟, ɔ
open			ɑ̟

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː	ɨː	uː
close-mid	eː		ɤ̟ː, oː
open-mid	ɛː		ɔː
open			ɑ̟ː

Short breathy voiced series

	front	central	back
close	i̤	ɨ̤	ṳ
close-mid	e̤		o̤
open-mid	ɛ̤		ʌ̟̤, ɔ̤
open			ɑ̟̤

Long breathy voiced series

	front	central	back
close	i̤ː	ɨ̤ː	ṳː
close-mid	e̤ː		ɤ̟̤ː, o̤ː
open-mid	ɛ̤ː		ɔ̤ː
open			ɑ̟̤ː

Diphthongs

/iɐ/, /i̤ɐ/, /ea̤/, /ɨɐ/, /ɨ̤ɐ/, /uɐ/, /ṳɐ/, /ɤa/, /ɤa̤/

Licit initial clusters

C[+plosive]{l,r}

Licit finals

p, t, c, k, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, ɾ, w, wˀ, l, j, jˀ, j̊

Licit syllabic templates

(C)CV(C)

Source: Tebow, Charles Thomas II; and Sigrid Lew. 2013. A Phonological Description of Western Bru, Sakon Nakhorn Variety, Thailand. Mon-Khmer Studies 42.127–139.

Comments: Unlike in So, vowels contrasts in minor syllables are entirely neutralised and the vowels are predictable from context, except in loan words. /f/ is found in borrowings from Thai as an allophone of /pʰ/, which usually replaces it. Initial vowels are preceded by a glottal stop.