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Khasi

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Khasian

Lat/lon: 24.98, 92.0

ISO code: kha

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, b, bʱt, tʰ, dʱk, kʰʔ
trillr
fricativesʃh
affricatedʒ, dʒʱ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɨu
close-mideo
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiːɨːuː
close-mideːoː
openaː

Diphthongs

/ia/

Licit initial clusters

pl, pr, pʰl, pʰr, pʰn, pʰnj, bd, bn, br, km, kw, kt, ktʰ, kd, kl, ks, kʰm, kʰl, td, tn, tr, tl, tj, tʰn, tʰr, tʰl, tʰj, dkʰ, dŋ, ld, st, sl, sm, sŋ, sn, snt, sʔ, ʃn, ʃɲ, ʤr, mnt, ml, mr, ɲj, hj

Licit finals

p, t, ʲt, k, ʔ, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, w, r, j

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)

Source: Nagaraja, K. S. 2014. Standard Khasi. In Sidwell, Paul, and Mathias Jenny (eds.), The Handbook of Austroasiatic Languages. Leiden: Brill. 1145-1185.

Contributed by: Chingduang Yurayong (jang905@hotmail.com)