Select languages to compare:

Use base consonants only
View positions
Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
p           t               k      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           n             ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
              r            
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
              ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f                                       h  
Sibilant fricatives
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Nicobarese
UPSID number: 2313
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Nicobarese
The languages has 25 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Nicobasrese is spoken in Nicobar Islands,
Katchall, Camoita, Nancoury and Trinkat Islands in India.
Vowels appear long and short but long vowels are
pronounced "so that it seems that two short vowels are
pronounced side by side" (Das, 1977: 4). Das also lists
many "diphthongs" which seem best regarded as vowel
sequences.

Sources:

Das, A.R. 1977. A Study on the Nicobarese Language.
Anthropological Survey of India, Government of India,
Calcutta.