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Danuwar (Danuwar Rai)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 27.09, 85.91

ISO code: dhw

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, b, bʰt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰɖ, 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

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
midə̃
openɑ̃

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)

Source: Bhandari, Bh.; G. Bandzhade.; and J.P. Yadav. 2011. Danuvar 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 source states that the described variety is spoken in the village Kvar (Квар), which we could not locate. Glottolog coordinates are adopted. Nasalised vowels are mostly found in borrowings. Phonemic /ʈ, ʈʰ/ are found in Nepali borrowings but are in free variation with dentals in native vocabulary. Suprasegmental phenomena in Dunwar have not been investigated.

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