EURPhon: Kanauji (Kanpur)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 26.29139, 80.320851

ISO code: bjj

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	retroflex	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b, bʰ		t̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰ			ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰ		k, kʰ, g, gʰ
trill				r
tap						ɽ, ɽʰ
fricative				s					h
affricate					tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ
nasal	m			n				ŋ
approximant		w					j
lateral approximant				l

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i		u
near-close	ɪ		ʊ
close-mid	e		o
mid		ə
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
open		a

Short nasalised series

	front	central	back
close	ĩ		ũ
near-close	ɪ̃		ʊ̃
close-mid	ẽ		õ
mid		ə̃
open-mid	ɛ̃		ɔ̃
open		ã

Diphthongs

/aɪ/, /aʊ/, /əɪ/, /eɪ/, /eʊ/, /əʊ/, /oɪ/, /ʊa/, /ʊɪ/, /ɪʊ/, /eo/, /ae/

Licit initial clusters

C{w,j}, {p,s,b,d̪ʰ}r

Licit finals

lh, nd, ndʒ

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Dwivedi, Pankaj; and Somdev Kar. 2016. Kanauji of Kanpur: A brief overview. Acta Linguistica Asiatica 6.101–119.

Comments: Final clusters are rare; geminates /d̪d̪ʰ, rr, pp, ll, kk, mm, ʈʈ/ are reported as final clusters — phonologically long consonants? /æ/ is found in English borrowings; /f, v, z, ʃ/ are used by speakers who know Hindi (presumably in Hindi borrowings).