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Tulu
Phylum: Dravidian
Genus: Tamil-Tulu
Lat/lon: 12.87, 74.88
ISO code: tcy
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | postalveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar |
stop | p, b | | t̪, d̪ | | ʈ, ɖ | c, ɟ | k, g |
trill | | | r̪ | | | | |
fricative | | | s̪ | ʃ | | | |
nasal | m | | n̪ | | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ |
approximant | | w | | | | j | |
lateral approximant | | | l̪ | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i | | u, ɯ |
close-mid | e | | o |
open-mid | ɛ | | |
open | | a | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
close | iː | | uː, ɯː |
close-mid | eː | | oː |
open-mid | ɛː | | |
open | | aː | |
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)