Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Indo-Aryan
Lat/lon: 30.324788, 78.033959
ISO code:
| bilabial | alveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar | |
| stop | p, pʰ, b | t, tʰ, d | ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ | k, kʰ, g | |
| trill | r | ||||
| tap | ɽ | ||||
| fricative | s | ç | |||
| affricate | ts, tsʰ, dz | tç, tçʰ, dʝ | |||
| nasal | m | n | ɳ | ||
| lateral approximant | l | ɭ |
| front | back | |
| close | i | u |
| close-mid | e | o |
| open-mid | ɛ | ɔ |
| open | ɑ |
| front | back | |
| close | ĩ | ũ |
| close-mid | ẽ | õ |
| open-mid | ɛ̃ | ɔ̃ |
| open | ɑ̃ |
Source: Tsoller, K.P. 2011. Bangani jazyk. Novyje indoarijskije jazyki, ed. by T.I. Oranskaya, Yu.V. Mazurova, A.A. Kibrik, L.I. Kulikov, and A.Yu. Rusakov, 219-262. Moskva: Academia.
Comments: Phonemic status of vowel length is not settled. Aspirated voiced stops are found only in archaic poetic language. /pʰ/ is sometimes realised as /f/. Bangani is a tonal language, but no details as to the number and properties of tones are provided.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)