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Pahari (Poonch) (Pahari-Pothwari)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 34.112529, 73.498058

ISO code: phr

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, b, pʰt̪, d̪, t̪ʰʈ, ɖ, ʈʰk, g, kʰ
trillr
tapɽ
fricativef, vs, zʃx, ɣɦ
affricatetʃ, dʒ, tʃʰ
nasalmnŋ
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪʊ
close-mideo
midə
near-openæ

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
near-openæː
open

Long nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩːũː
close-midẽː
openãː

Diphthongs

/oɪ/, /aɪ/, /oə/, /oe/, /ui/, /eo/, /ae/, /ao/

Source: Khan, Abdul Qadir. 2013. A Preliminary Study of Pahari and Its Sound System. The Criterion. An International Journal in English 4.1–20.

Comments: Retroflex stops are presumably reported as alveolars. The presence of low-tone syllables is reported, but no phonemic analysis is given.

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