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Wadiyari (Wadiyara Koli)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 25.320446, 68.975611

ISO code: kxp

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopɓ, p, pʰ, b, bʰɗ̪, t̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰᶑ, ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰʄɠ, k, kʰ, g, gʰ
tapɾɽ
fricatives, zʃɦ
affricatetʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ
nasalmnɳŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantlɭ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, ĭŭ, u
close-mideo
midə
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeŭ̃, ũ
close-mid
open

Diphthongs

/oi/, /oĩ/, /oĭ/, /əi/, /ai/, /aĩ/, /aĭ/

Licit initial clusters

C{ɾ,m,j}

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C), (C)V(C)(C)

Source: Zubair, Saeed. 2016. A Phonological Description of Wadiyari, a Language Spokenin Pakistan. Chiang Mai: Payap University MA thesis.

Comments: Only male speakers were recruited for the study. /f/ is found in loanwords from Sindhi, Urdu, and English.

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