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Bajjika

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 26.165297, 85.591924

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, b, bʰt, tʰ, d, dʰʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰk, kʰ, g, gʰ
trillr, rʰ
fricativesh
affricatetʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ
nasalmnŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midɔ
near-openæ
openaɒ

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open-midɔ̃
openɒ̃

Source: Kashyap, Abhishek. 2014. On the linguistic resources of Bajjika. The languages of Bihar, ed. by Vibha Chauban, 1–30. Orient Blackswan.

Comments: The precise phonetic value of the back vowel /ɒ/ and it nasalised counterpart is not certain.

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