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Nar-Phu (Nar)

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: TGMT

Lat/lon: 28.751606, 84.106094

ISO code: npa

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰt, tʰʈ, ʈʰk, kʰʔ
trillr, r̥
fricativesʃ
affricatets, tsʰtʃ, tʃʰ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl, l̥

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midɛ, œ
near-openæ
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentral
open-midɛ̃
open

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open-midɛː, œː
near-openæː
open

Diphthongs

/ae/, /aj/, /ow/, /aw/, /uj/, /œj/

Tones

53, 44, 12, 31

Licit initial clusters

C(L,W)

Licit finals

N, L, P (no retroflexes)

Source: Noonan, Michael. 2003. Nar-Phu. In LaPolla, Randy J., and Graham Thurgood (eds.) Sino-Tibetan Languages. London: Routledge, 336–353.

Comments: Tones 12 & 31 murmured.

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