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Temiar
Phylum: Mon-Khmer
Genus: Aslian
Lat/lon: 5.0, 101.5
ISO code: tea
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | alveolar | palatal | velar | glottal |
stop | p, b | | t, d | c, ɟ | k, g | ʔ |
tap | | | ɾ | | | |
fricative | | | s | | | h |
nasal | m | | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
approximant | | w | | j | | |
lateral approximant | | | l | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i | ʉ | u |
close-mid | e | | o |
mid | | ə | |
open-mid | ɛ | | ɔ |
open | | a | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
close | iː | ʉː | uː |
close-mid | eː | | oː |
mid | | əː | |
open-mid | ɛː | | ɔː |
open | | aː | |
Short nasalised series
| front | central | back |
close | ĩ | ʉ̃ | ũ |
open-mid | ɛ̃ | | ɔ̃ |
open | | ã | |
Long nasalised series
| front | central | back |
close | ĩː | ʉ̃ː | ũː |
open-mid | ɛ̃ː | | ɔ̃ː |
open | | ãː | |
Licit initial clusters
Ø
Licit syllabic templates
CV(C)
Source: Benjamin, Geoffrey. 1976. An Outline of Temiar Grammar. Austroasiatic Studies Part I, 129–187. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)