<<< Home page

Awadhi

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 27.774827, 80.395996

ISO code: awa

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, b, bʰt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰk, kʰ, g, gʰ
trillr
tapɽ
fricativesh
affricatetʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ
nasalm, mʰn, nʰ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, i̥u
close-mide, e̥o
open-midɛɔ
near-openɐ

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩ, ĩ̥ũ, ũ̥
close-midẽ, ẽ̥
open-midɛ̃ɔ̃
near-openɐ̃

Long series

frontback
close
openɑː

Long nasalised series

frontback
closeĩːũː
openɑ̃ː

Diphthongs

/ai/, /aĩ/, /au/, /aũ/

Source: Kogan, A.I. 2011. Awadhi jazyk. Novyje indoarijskije jazyki, ed. by T.I. Oranskaya, Yu.V. Mazurova, A.A. Kibrik, L.I. Kulikov, and A.Yu. Rusakov, 105–119. Moskva: Academia.

Comments: /i̥, u̥, e̥/ are “murmured”.

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