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Sadri (Sadani)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 23.490174, 84.964575

ISO code: sck

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, b, bʰt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰk, kʰ, g, gʰ
trillr
fricativesh
affricatetʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ
nasalmŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midʌ
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open-midʌ̃
open

Diphthongs

/ʌe/, /ʌi/, /ʌu/, /ae/, /ai/, /au/, /ei/, /eu/, /oe/, /oi/, /ou/, /ui/

Licit initial clusters

Licit finals

NC

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Peterson, John; and Savita Kiran. 2011. Sadani / Sadri. Novyje indoarijskije jazyki, ed. by L.I. Kulikov, T.I. Oranskaya, and A.Yu. Rusakov, 367–379. Jazyki mira 16. Moskva: Academia.

Comments: The phonemic status of diphthongs is uncertain, and their list is incomplete (“most” diphthongs were also attested in nasalised versions; /V{w,j}/ may also be treated as diphthongs). /au/ and /ʌu/ may be in free variation.

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