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Saurashtra

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 9.93117, 78.124027

ISO code: saz

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, b, bʰt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰʈ, ɖ, ɖʰk, kʰ, g, gʰ
trillr, rʰ
fricativesh
affricatetʃ, dʒ, dʒʰ
nasalm, mʰn, nʰɳ
approximantʋj
lateral approximantl, lʰɭ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
near-openɐ

Long series

frontback
close
close-mid
openɑː

Short nasalised series

frontback
close-mid

Long nasalised series

back
close-midõː
openɑ̃ː

Licit initial clusters

C{j,r}

Licit finals

{j,ʋ}C

Licit syllabic templates

C({j,r})V({j,ʋ})(C)

Source: Smit, Ya.R. 2011. Saurashtra jazyk. Novyje indoarijskije jazyki, ed. by T.I. Oranskaya, Yu.V. Mazurova, A.A. Kibrik, L.I. Kulikov, and A.Yu. Rusakov, 584–595. Moskva: Academia.

Comments: /f, æ/ are found in English borrowings.

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