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Tulu

Phylum: Dravidian

Genus: Tamil-Tulu

Lat/lon: 12.87, 74.88

ISO code: tcy

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelar
stopp, bt̪, d̪ʈ, ɖc, ɟk, g
trill
fricativeʃ
nasalmɳɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu, ɯ
close-mideo
open-midɛ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeuː, ɯː
close-mid
open-midɛː
open

Source: Bhat, D.N.S. 1998. Tulu. The Dravidian languages, ed. by Sanford B. Steever, 158–177. Routledge language family descriptions. London ; New York: Routledge.

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