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Kumal (Kumhali)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 27.797374, 83.805003

ISO code: kra

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

Diphthongs

/ui/, /əi/, /ai/, /oi/, /ou/, /iu/

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)

Source: Gautam, Bh.L.; K.P. Paradzhuli.; and J.P. Yadav. 2011. Kumal jazyk. Novyje indoarijskije jazyki, ed. by T.I. Oranskaya, Yu.V. Mazurova, A.A. Kibrik, L.I. Kulikov, and A.Yu. Rusakov, 305–310. Moskva: Academia.

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