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Purki

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 34.557323, 76.134013

ISO code: prx

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪k, kʰ, gq, ɢ
trillr
fricatives, zʃ, ʒxχh
affricatets, tsʰtʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
opena

Licit finals

FS, FF, NF, rS

Licit syllabic templates

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

Source: Sharma, Devi D. 2004. Tribal Languages Of Ladakh, Part III (A Descriptive Grammar of Purki & Balti). New Delhi: Mittal Publications; Rangan, K. 1979. Purki grammar. Mysore: Central institute of Indian languages.

Comments: F — fricative; S — stop. Both descriptions are of a low quality. An opposition of dental and alveolar stops and a series of long vowels is posited by Rangan, but not upheld by Sharma. The overall system of Sharma is hard to interpret because of confusing labels and glyphs — the system presented here is a synthesis.

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