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Sindhi (Jacobabad)
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Indo-Aryan
Lat/lon: 28.3, 68.5
ISO code: snd
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | glottal |
stop | p, b, pʰ, bʱ, ɓ | | t̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʱ | | | ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʱ, ᶑ | ʄ | k, g, kʰ, gʱ, ɠ | ʔ |
trill | | | | r, rʱ | | | | | |
tap | | | | | | ɽ, ɽʱ | | | |
fricative | | f, v | | s, z | ʃ | | | x, ɣ | h |
affricate | | | | | tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʱ | | | | |
nasal | m | | | n, nʱ | | ɳ, ɳʱ | ɲ | ŋ | |
approximant | | | | | | | j | | |
lateral approximant | | | | l, lʱ | | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i | | u |
near-close | ɪ̆ | | ʊ̆ |
close-mid | e | | o |
open-mid | | | ɔ |
near-open | æ | ɐ̆ | |
open | | | ɑ |
Short nasalised series
| front | back |
close | ĩ | ũ |
close-mid | ẽ | õ |
open-mid | | ɔ̃ |
near-open | æ̃ | |
open | | ɑ̃ |
Source: Raza, Sarfraz; Zahid, Agha Furrukh; Raza, Usman. 2004. Phonemic inventory of Sindhi and acoustic analysis of voiced implosives. CRULP Annual Student Report.
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)