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Betta Kurumba

Phylum: Dravidian

Genus: Tamil-Tulu

Lat/lon: 11.58, 76.58

ISO code: xub

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelar
stopp, bt̪, d̪t, dʈ, ɖk, g
tapɾ
fricativefs̠̻
affricate
nasalmnɳŋ
approximantʋj
lateral approximantlɭ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪʊ̞
midə
open-midɛɔ
openɑ

Long series

frontcentralback
close
near-closeʊː
midəː
open-midɛːɔː
openɑː

Diphthongs

/ʊ̈i/, /əi/, /ɐi/

Licit syllabic templates

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

Source: Coelho, Gail Maria. 2003. A Grammar of Betta Kurumba. Austin: The University of Texas at Austin

Comments: /f/ and /d/ occur only in borrowings.

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)