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 pʰ b         *tʰ *d             kʰ ɡ    
 
 
 
 
  
 
Affricates
                 tʃʰ dʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sibilant affricates
             *tsʰ *dz                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   m           *n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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               *r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
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 ɸ β             ʃ           x                  
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             *s                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Approximant
                           j                    
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
     *l̥ *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Khalkha
UPSID number: 2166
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Ural-Altaic, Mongolian
The languages has 33 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [pʰ] [b] [*tʰ] [*d] [kʰ] [ɡ] [*s] [ʃ] [ɸ] [β] [x] [*tsʰ] [*dz] [tʃʰ] [dʒ] [*r] [*l̥] [*l] [j] [m] [*n] [ɪ] [i] [ʊ] [u] [e̠] [o̟] [ɔ] [ä] [ɔi] [ʊi] [ui] [äe̞]
Comments:

Khalkha is spoken primarily in Mongolia People's
Republic but there are few speakers in USSR.
All simple vowels appear both long and short.
Khalkha Mongolian has a vowel harmony system probably
based on pharyngeal cavity size (Svantesson 1985). /i, u,
e, o/ have expanded pharynx ([+ATR]), though /i/ is
neutral to vowel harmony in non-initial syllables. /g/
and /x/ are treated as allophones by Hangin (1968).
Treatment of diphthongs is varied in sources.
Sources:

Hangin, J.G. 1968. Basic Course in Mongolian (Indiana
University Publications, Uralic and Altaic Series 73).
Indiana University, Bloomington.

Luvsanvandan, S. 1964. The Khalkha-Mongolian phonemic
system. Acta Orientalia (Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae)
17: 175-85.

Street, J.C. 1963. Khalkha Structure (Indiana University
Publications, Uralic and Altaic Series 24). Indiana
University, Bloomington.

Svantesson, J. 1985. Vowel harmony shift in Mongolian.
Lingua 67:283-327.