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Western Pahari (Kvar) (Kvari)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 31.213737, 78.092044

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexvelar
stoppʰ, b, ptʰ, d, tʈ, ɖ, ʈʰkʰ, g, k
trillr
tapɽ
fricativevz, sʃ
affricatedz, tsdʒ, tʃ
nasalmnɳ
lateral approximantlɭ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midɛɔ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open-midɔː
open

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open-midɔ̃
open

Long nasalised series

centralback
closeũː
close-midõː
open-midɔ̃ː
openãː

Licit initial clusters

Licit finals

C

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)

Source: Jouanne, Thomas. 2014. A Preliminary Analysis of the Phonological System of the Western Pahāṛī Language of Kvār. University of Oslo MA thesis.

Comments: Presence of diphthongs is acknowledged, but no list is given; /w/ and /j/ are treated as parts of diphthongs. Presence of lexical tones is hypothesised. No words consisting of a single non-diphthongoid vowel were recorded.

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