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Balami

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Newar

Lat/lon: 27.784174, 85.241728

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dk, kʰ, gʔ
trillr
fricativesɦ
affricatets, tsʰ, dz
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short breathy voiced series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolar
nasal
approximant
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɨu
close-mideo
open-midɛʌ
near-openæ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open-midʌː
open

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open-midɛ̃ʌ̃
open

Diphthongs

/iu/, /au/, /ʌu/, /ou/, /eu/, /ui/, /ai/, /oi/, /ʌi/, /ei/, /ae/, /oe/, /ie/, /ue/

Licit initial clusters

CG

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)

Source: Gautam, Bhoj Raj. 2011. Acoustic analysis of the Balami phonemes. MA thesis. Tribhuvan University.

Comments: A list of licit word-final consonants is not provided, but it is noted that words ending in consonants are very rare.

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