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Kupia
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Indo-Aryan
Lat/lon: 18.103151, 82.654296
ISO code: key
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar |
stop | p, b | | t, d | | ʈ, ɖ | | k, g |
trill | | | r | | | | |
fricative | | | s | | | | |
affricate | | | | tʃ, dʒ | | | |
nasal | m | | n | | | | ŋ |
approximant | | w | | | | j | |
lateral approximant | | | l | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i | | u |
close-mid | e | | o |
open | | a | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
close | iː | | uː |
close-mid | eː | | oː |
open | | aː | |
Short nasalised series
| front | central | back |
close | ĩ | | ũ |
close-mid | ẽ | | õ |
open | | ã | |
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)