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Cebuano

Phylum: Austronesian

Genus: Philippine

Lat/lon: 10.3, 123.9

ISO code: ceb

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bt̪, d̪k, gʔ
trillr
fricativesh
nasalmnŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
near-closeɪʊ
open-midʌ

Licit initial clusters

pl, pr, pw, pj, bl, br, bw, bj, t̪r, t̪w, t̪s, t̪j, d̪r, d̪w, d̪j, kl, kr, kw, ky, gr, gw, mw, my, nw, nj, sw, sj, hw

Licit syllabic templates

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

Source: Rubrico, Jessie Grace U. 1998. Cebuano grammar notes. Language Links

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)