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Banjari (Lambadi)
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Indo-Aryan
Lat/lon: 15.793979, 77.13871
ISO code: lmn
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 | | | s | ʃ | | | | h |
| affricate | | | | tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ | | | | |
| nasal | m | | n | | | | | |
| approximant | | ʋ | | | | j | | |
| lateral approximant | | | l, lʰ | | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| close | i | | u |
| close-mid | e | | |
| open-mid | ɛ | | ɔ |
| near-open | | ɐ | |
Short nasalised series
| front | central | back |
| close | ĩ | | ũ |
| close-mid | ẽ | | |
| open-mid | ɛ̃ | | ɔ̃ |
| near-open | | ɐ̃ | |
Long series
| front | back |
| close | iː | uː |
| close-mid | | oː |
| open | | ɑː |
Long nasalised series
| front | back |
| close | ĩː | ũː |
| close-mid | | õː |
| open | | ɑ̃ː |
Source: Krasa, D. 2011. Bandzhari/lambadi jazyk. Novyje indoarijskije jazyki, ed. by T.I. Oranskaya, Yu.V. Mazurova, A.A. Kibrik, L.I. Kulikov, and A.Yu. Rusakov, 139–164. Moskva: Academia.
Comments: The speakers of Banjari enjoy a very wide geographic distribution across India, which makes any chosen reference geographical point rather uninformative. The majority of Banjari speakers live in Andhra-Pradesh. Some local varieties have /ai, aĩ, ə, eːː, oːː/. “Most frequent” syllabic templates are V, VC, CV, and CVC. /q, ɣ, χ, z, f/ are found in Arabo-Persian loans.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)