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Telugu (Vizianagaram)

Phylum: Dravidian

Genus: Telugu-Kui

Lat/lon: 18.094831, 83.406698

ISO code: tel

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, b, pʰ, bʰt, d, tʰ, dʰʈ, ɖ, ʈʰ, ɖʰk, g, kʰ, gʰ
trillr
fricativefsʃʂh
affricatets, dztʃ, dʒ, tʃʰ, dʒʰ
nasalmnɳ
approximantʋj
lateral approximantlɭ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midɛ
near-openɐ

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
near-openæːɐː

Licit finals

ʋ̃, j

Source: Bhaskararao, Peri; and Arpita Ray. 2016. Telugu. Journal of the International Phonetic Association. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.1–11. doi:10.1017/S0025100316000207.

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