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Gorum

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Munda

Lat/lon: 18.5639348, 82.7374115

ISO code: pcj

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabialalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopptɖk, gʔ
trillr
tapɽ
fricatives, z
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mide
open-midɔ
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩũ
close-midẽ
open-midɔ̃
openã

Licit initial clusters

ɖr

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)

Source: Anderson, Gregory D.S.; and Felix Rau. 2008. Gorum. The Munda Languages, ed. by Gregory D.S. Anderson, 381–433. Routledge language family series. London: Routledge.

Comments: Gorum, uniquely among surrounding Munda languages, possesses creaky voice whose status is unresolved. Nasalised vowels may alternate with V+N in closed syllables where N is homorganic with the following consonant.

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