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Ahi

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Lolo-Burmese

Lat/lon: 24.372092, 103.705807

ISO code: yix

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalvelar
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dʈ, ʈʰ, ɖk, kʰ, g
fricativef, vs, zʂ, ʐɕ, ʑx, ɣ
affricatets, tsʰ, dzʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐtɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
lateral fricativeɬ
nasalmnŋ
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɯ, u
close-mideo
open-midɛ
opena

Short creaky voiced series

frontcentralback
closeɯ̰, ṵ
close-mid
open-midɛ̰
open

Apical vowels

/ɿ/, /ɿ̰/

Tones

55, 33, 22, 21

Source: Namkung, Ju. 1996. Phonological inventories of Tibeto-Burman languages. Berkley: Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus Project, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, University of California.9–10

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