EURPhon: Mnar

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Khasian

Lat/lon: 25.897552, 91.585171

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b, bʰ		t, tʰ, d	c, cʰ, ɟ	k, kʰ	ʔ
trill			r
fricative			s			h
nasal	m		n	ɲ	ŋ
approximant		w		j
lateral approximant			l

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i	ɨ	u
close-mid	e		o
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
open		a

Long series

	central
open	aː

Diphthongs

/ia/, /ɔu/, /ie/, /ui/

Licit initial clusters

pn, ps, pr, pl, bl, tŋ, tl, tʰr, tʰm, cʰl, ktʰ, kl, ks, km, kʰl, sn, sk, sm, sŋ, st

Licit finals

p, t, k, c, ʔ, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, r, w, j

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)

Source: Rymbai, Ruth. 2018. Typological characteristics of Mnar. North East Indian Linguistics (NEIL)8, 1-16.

Comments: Final /w/ and /j/ can also be treated as second components of diphthongs. /l, r, m, n, ŋ/ can serve as nuclei of first parts of sesquisyllables (cf. pynjip ‘cause to kill’).