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Selected languages: | NepaliOH |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Indo-European, Indic |
The languages has | 51 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [pʰ] [p] [b̤] [b] [t̪ʰ] [t̪] [d̪̤] [d̪] [ʈʰ] [ʈ] [ɖ̤] [ɖ] [cʰ] [c] [ɟ̰] [ɟ] [kʰ] [k] [ɡʱ] [ɡ] [s] [ʃ] [tʃʰ] [tʃ] [dʒ] [ɾ] [r] [l] [j] [ɰ] [m] [n̪] [ɳ] [ɲ] [ŋ] [ĩ] [ũ] [ẽ̞] [ə̃] [ä̃] [i] [u] [e̞] [ə] [o̞] [ä] [əi] [əu] [h] [ə̃ũ] [dʒʰ] |
Comments: | Alternative description. |
Sources: | Acharya, Jayaraj (1991): A Descriptive Grammar of Nepali and an Analyzed Corpus. Georgetown University Press. and Campbell, George L. (1991): Compendium of the World's languages. London: Routledge. This one is referring to Matthews, David (1984): A course in Nepali. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=uW1t57NeE8IC&pg=PA7&dq=D.+matthews,+nepali&hl=en&ei=HQlkTZ3FIonQgAeZm62vAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false |