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Braj

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 27.32639, 77.818858

ISO code: bra

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, b, bʰt, tʰ, d, dʰʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰk, kʰ, g, gʰ
tapɾ
fricativevsʃh
affricatetʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ
nasalmn
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
near-openɐ

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩũ
close-midẽõ
near-openɐ̃

Long series

frontback
closeiːuː
openɑː

Long nasalised series

frontback
closeĩːũː
openɑ̃ː

Diphthongs

/au/, /ai/

Source: Kogan, A.I. 2011. Bradzh jazyk. Novyje indoarijskije jazyki, ed. by T.I. Oranskaya, Yu.V. Mazurova, A.A. Kibrik, L.I. Kulikov, and A.Yu. Rusakov, 119–131. Moskva: Academia.

Comments: /ɽ/ is listed in parentheses in the phonemic table without any comments.

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