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Tamang (Dhankuta)

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: TGMT

Lat/lon: 26.994423, 87.332382

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, b, bʰt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰk, kʰ, g, gʰ
trillr, r̥
fricatives, sʰh
affricatets, tsʰ, dz, dzʰ
nasalm, m̥n, n̥ŋ, ŋ̊
approximantw, ʍj, j̊
lateral approximantl, l̥

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Diphthongs

/ei/, /ai/, /oi/, /ui/, /eu/, /au/

Licit initial clusters

Cw/j/l/r

Licit finals

p, t̪, ʈ, k, t̪ʰ, d̪, g, ts, dz, s, r, l, m, n, ŋ

Licit syllabic templates

(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)