Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Newar

Lat/lon: 27.784174, 85.241728

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b		t, tʰ, d		k, kʰ, g	ʔ
trill			r
fricative			s			ɦ
affricate			ts, tsʰ, dz
nasal	m		n	ɲ	ŋ
approximant		w		j
lateral approximant			l

Short breathy voiced series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar
nasal	m̤		n̤
approximant		w̤
lateral approximant			l̤

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i	ɨ	u
close-mid	e		o
open-mid	ɛ		ʌ
near-open	æ
open		a

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː		uː
close-mid	eː
open-mid			ʌː
open		aː

Short nasalised series

	front	central	back
close	ĩ		ũ
close-mid	ẽ		õ
open-mid	ɛ̃		ʌ̃
open		ã

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)