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Braj
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Indo-Aryan
Lat/lon: 27.32639, 77.818858
ISO code: bra
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | glottal |
stop | p, pʰ, b, bʰ | | t, tʰ, d, dʰ | | ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰ | | k, kʰ, g, gʰ | |
tap | | | ɾ | | | | | |
fricative | | v | s | ʃ | | | | h |
affricate | | | | tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ | | | | |
nasal | m | | n | | | | | |
approximant | | | | | | j | | |
lateral approximant | | | l | | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i | | u |
close-mid | e | | o |
near-open | | ɐ | |
Short nasalised series
| front | central | back |
close | ĩ | | ũ |
close-mid | ẽ | | õ |
near-open | | ɐ̃ | |
Long series
| front | back |
close | iː | uː |
open | | ɑː |
Long nasalised series
| front | back |
close | ĩː | ũː |
open | | ɑ̃ː |
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)