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Denjongka

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 27.311, 88.469

ISO code: sip

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰt, tʰʈ, ʈʰk, kʰʔ
trillr, r̥
fricatives, zɕ, ʑh
affricatets, tsʰtɕ, tɕʰ
nasalmn, n̥ɲ, ɲ̊ŋ, ŋ̊
approximantwj
lateral approximantl, l̥

Short pre-nasalised series

bilabialalveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalvelar
stopⁿbⁿdⁿɖⁿg
affricateⁿdzⁿdʑ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yu
close-mide, øo
open-midɛ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yː
close-mideː, øː
open-midɛː
open

Long nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩː, ỹːũː
close-midẽː, ø̃ːõː
open-midɛ̃ː
openãː

Diphthongs

/iu/, /ɐu/, /ou/, /ɐi/

Tones

55, 51, 13

Licit finals

p, k, ʔ, m, ŋ

Licit syllabic templates

(С)(С)V(C)

Source: Yliniemi, Juha-Sakari. 2005. Preliminary phonological analysis of Denjongka of Sikkim. M.A. thesis. University of Helsinki. http://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/4310.

Comments: Initial clusters with glides.

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