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Pnar

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Khasian

Lat/lon: 25.530839, 92.287216

ISO code: pbv

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dk, kʰʔ
trillr̩, r
fricativesh
affricatetʃ, dʒ
nasalmn̩, nɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl̩, l

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midɛɔ
opena

Diphthongs

/ia/, /ei/, /ai/, /ie/, /ui/, /oi/, /iɔ/, /io/

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)

Source: Ring, Hiram. 2011. A phonetic description and phonemic analysis of Jowai-Pnar. Mon-Khmer Studies 40.133–175.

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