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Darma

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Darma-Byangsi

Lat/lon: 30.319269, 80.730618

ISO code: drd

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarretroflexpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, b, pʰt̪, d̪, t̪ʰt, tʰʈ, ɖ, ʈʰc, ɟk, g, kʰ
tapɾ
fricativesχh
nasalmŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midɛ
opena

Short nasalised series

centralback
close-mid
open

Tones

55, 11

Licit initial clusters

Cw/j

Licit finals

p, b, m, ŋ, n, t̪, d̪, ʈ, k, g, ɾ, s, χ, l, j

Licit syllabic templates

(C)CV(C)

Source: Willis, Christina Marie. 2007. A descriptive grammar of Darma: an endangered Tibeto-Burman language. University of Texas at Austin.

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