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Konkani (Goa Hindu)
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Indo-Aryan
Lat/lon: 15.372239, 74.039866
ISO code: gom
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | glottal |
| stop | p, b, bʰ | | | t, tʰ, d, dʰ | | ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰ | | k, kʰ, g, gʰ | |
| trill | | | | r | | | | | |
| fricative | | | f | s | ʃ | | | | h |
| affricate | | | | ts, tsʰ, dz, dzʰ | tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ | | | | |
| nasal | m, mʰ | | | n, nʰ | | ɳ | | | |
| approximant | | w, wʰ | | | | | j, jʰ | | |
| lateral approximant | | | | l, lʰ | | ɭ | | | |
Short palatalised series
| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | alveolar | retroflex | velar | glottal |
| stop | pʲ, bʲ, bʲʰ | | | tʲ, tʲʰ, dʲ, dʲʰ | ʈʲ, ʈʲʰ, ɖʲ, ɖʲʰ | kʲ, kʲʰ, gʲ, gʲʰ | |
| trill | | | | rʲ | | | |
| fricative | | | fʲ | | | | hʲ |
| nasal | mʲ | | | nʲ | ɳʲ | | |
| approximant | | wʲ | | | | | |
| lateral approximant | | | | lʲ | ɭʲ | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| close | i | | u |
| close-mid | e | | o |
| mid | | ə | |
| open-mid | ɛ | | ʌ, ɔ |
| open | | a | |
Short nasalised series
| front | central | back |
| close | ĩ | | ũ |
| close-mid | ẽ | | õ |
| mid | | ə̃ | |
| open-mid | ɛ̃ | | ʌ̃, ɔ̃ |
| open | | ã | |
Source: Miranda, Rocky V. 2003. Konkani. The Indo-Aryan Languages, ed. by George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain, 803–846. Routledge.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)