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Japhug

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: rGyalrongic

Lat/lon: 32.19013, 102.06143

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dc, cʰ, ɟk, kʰ, ɡq, qʰʔ
trillr
fricatives, zʂɕ, ʑx, ɣχ, ʁ
affricatets, tsʰ, dzʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐtɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl, l̥

Short pre-nasalised series

bilabialalveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelaruvular
stopⁿbⁿdⁿɟⁿɡⁿɢ
affricateⁿdzⁿɖʐⁿdʑ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yu, ɯ
close-mideo, ɤ
opena

Licit syllabic templates

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

Source: Jacques, Guillaume. 2004. Phonologie et morphologie du japhug (rGyalrong). Université Paris-Diderot-Paris VII. Ph.D. thesis. http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/13/85/68/PDF/these-japhug.pdf.

Comments: Pitch accent rather than real tones.

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