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Bote (Bote-Majhi)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 27.5126, 84.337548

ISO code: bmj

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, b, bʰt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰk, kʰ, g, gʰ
trillr
fricativesh
affricatets, tsʰ, dz, dzʰ
nasalmnŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
openɑ

Short nasalised series

back
close
openɑ̃

Source: Prasajn, B.; T. Poudel; and J.P. Jadav. 2011. Bote jazyk. Novyje indoarijskije jazyki, ed. by T.I. Oranskaya, Yu.V. Mazurova, A.A. Kibrik, L.I. Kulikov, and A.Yu. Rusakov, 282–291. Moskva: Academia.

Comments: The phonemic status of diphthongs is not settled.

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