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Bhadarwahi

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 32.98153, 75.711032

ISO code: bhd

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, b, pʰ, bʰt̪, d̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ʰʈ, ɖ, ʈʰ, ɖʰk, g, kʰ, gʰ
trillr
tapɽ
fricatives, z, zʰʃç, çʰh
affricatetʃ, dʒ, tʃʰ, dʒʰ
nasalmnɳɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪʊ
close-mide
midə
open-midɔ
openɑ

Long series

frontback
close
close-mid
openɑː

Short nasalised series

frontback
close
near-closeɪ̃
openɑ̃

Licit initial clusters

C{w,j}

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)

Source: Dwivedi, Amitabh Vikram. 2015. Bhadarwahi: A Typological Sketch. Acta Linguistica Asiatica 5.125–148. doi:10.4312/ala.5.1.125–148.

Comments: The inventory of nasal vowels and initial clusters may be incomplete. The status of vowel sequences is not analysed.

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