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Khamnigan Evenki

Phylum: Tungusic

Genus: Northern Tungusic

Lat/lon: 50.39124, 119.11702

ISO code: evn

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvular
stopp, bt, dk, g
trillr
fricativesʃχ
affricatets, dztʃ, dʒ
nasalmnŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
near-closeʊ
close-midø
open-midɔ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
near-closeʊː
close-mideː, øː
open-midɔː
open

Diphthongs

/øi/, /ai/, /ui/, /ʊi/, /ɔi/

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

p, t, k, m, n, r, l, w, s

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)

Source: Janhunen, Juha. 1991. Material on Manchurian Khamnigan Evenki. Helsinki: Finno-Ugrian Society.

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