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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

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, b, bʰt, tʰ, d, dʰʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰk, kʰ, g, gʰ
trillr
fricativefsʃh
affricatets, tsʰ, dz, dzʰtʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ
nasalm, mʰn, nʰɳ
approximantw, wʰj, jʰ
lateral approximantl, lʰɭ

Short palatalised series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarretroflexvelarglottal
stoppʲ, bʲ, bʲʰtʲ, tʲʰ, dʲ, dʲʰʈʲ, ʈʲʰ, ɖʲ, ɖʲʰkʲ, kʲʰ, gʲ, gʲʰ
trillrʲ
fricativefʲhʲ
nasalmʲnʲɳʲ
approximantwʲ
lateral approximantlʲɭʲ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
open-midɛʌ, ɔ
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩũ
close-midẽõ
midə̃
open-midɛ̃ʌ̃, ɔ̃
openã

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)