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Kupia

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 18.103151, 82.654296

ISO code: key

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelar
stopp, bt, dʈ, ɖk, g
trillr
fricatives
affricatetʃ, dʒ
nasalmnŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Source: R. B. Christmas and Christmas, J.E., “Sentence patterns in Kupia,” in Patterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal. I: Sentence and discourse, R. S. Trail, Ed. SIL, 1973, pp. 125–195.

Comments: Precise phonetic values are not elaborated upon.

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