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Awadhi
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Indo-Aryan
Lat/lon: 27.774827, 80.395996
ISO code: awa
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | glottal |
stop | p, pʰ, b, bʰ | | t̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰ | | | ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰ | | k, kʰ, g, gʰ | |
trill | | | | r | | | | | |
tap | | | | | | ɽ | | | |
fricative | | | | s | | | | | h |
affricate | | | | | tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ | | | | |
nasal | m, mʰ | | | n, nʰ | | | | | |
approximant | | w | | | | | j | | |
lateral approximant | | | | l | | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i, i̥ | | u |
close-mid | e, e̥ | | o |
open-mid | ɛ | | ɔ |
near-open | | ɐ | |
Short nasalised series
| front | central | back |
close | ĩ, ĩ̥ | | ũ, ũ̥ |
close-mid | ẽ, ẽ̥ | | õ |
open-mid | ɛ̃ | | ɔ̃ |
near-open | | ɐ̃ | |
Long series
| front | back |
close | iː | uː |
open | | ɑː |
Long nasalised series
| front | back |
close | ĩː | ũː |
open | | ɑ̃ː |
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)