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Magahi (Magadhi)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 25.136831, 85.355063

ISO code: mag

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, b, bʰt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰk, kʰ, g, gʰ
tapɾ, ɾʰɽ, ɽʰ
fricativesh
affricatetʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ
nasalm, mʰn, nʰ
approximantʋj
lateral approximantl, lʰ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
openɑ

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
midə̃
openɑ̃

Diphthongs

/əi/, /əu/, /əĩ/, /əũ/

Licit initial clusters

Licit finals

NC

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Varma, Sh. 2011. Magahi jazyk. Novyje indoarijskije jazyki, ed. by T.I. Oranskaya, Yu.V. Mazurova, A.A. Kibrik, L.I. Kulikov, and A.Yu. Rusakov, 351–367. Moskva: Academia.

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