Phylum: Sino-Tibetan
Genus: TGMT
Lat/lon: 26.994423, 87.332382
ISO code:
| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | glottal | |
| stop | p, pʰ, b, bʰ | t̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ | dʰ | ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰ | k, kʰ, g, gʰ | |||
| trill | r, r̥ | |||||||
| fricative | s, sʰ | h | ||||||
| affricate | ts, tsʰ, dz, dzʰ | |||||||
| nasal | m, m̥ | n, n̥ | ŋ, ŋ̊ | |||||
| approximant | w, ʍ | j, j̊ | ||||||
| lateral approximant | l, l̥ |
| front | central | back | |
| close | i | u | |
| close-mid | e | o | |
| open | a |
| front | central | back | |
| close | iː | uː | |
| close-mid | eː | oː | |
| open | aː |
/ei/, /ai/, /oi/, /ui/, /eu/, /au/
Cw/j/l/r
p, t̪, ʈ, k, t̪ʰ, d̪, g, ts, dz, s, r, l, m, n, ŋ
(C)(C)V(C)
Source: Poudel, Kedar Prasad. 2006. Dhankute Tamang grammar. Languages of the world 454. München: LINCOM EUROPA.
Comments: The section on tone is not meaningful. According to the author, lexical tone is absent in Dhankute Tamang. However, some tonal phenomena are observed, but they are inadequately described. This grammar seems to be of a rather low quality and its data should be used with caution.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)