Nar-Phu (narp1239-1)

Noonan, Michael. Nar-Phu. 2003. wals:4437

Consonants (25)

pʰ p	tʰ t	ʈʰ ʈ				kʰ k	{ʔ}
	tsʰ ts		tʃʰ tʃ
	s		ʃ
m	n			ȵ		ŋ
					j	w
	l̥ l
	r̥ r

Vowels (15)

i (iː)		u (uː)
e (eː)		o (oː)
ɛ (ɛː)
æ (æː)	a (aː) (ã)

Diphthongs (6)

		ui̯
		ou̯
ɛi̯		({ʌ̯e})
	ai̯ au̯

Tones (4)

˥˧ ˦ ˨˩̤ ˩˨̤

Notes

Nasal vowels that can't be resolved into VC sequences appear in three words: [hrãre] 'millet', [kʰɛ̃ro] 'uphill', and [bãsi] 'bamboo', the last of which is a borrowing from Nepali. No sequences of /nr/ appear, and /ns/ appears in only one word, /mɦunse/ 'all night'.

Allophonic rules

p > b / V_V
t > d / V_V
ʈ > ɖ / V_V
k > g / V_V
ts > dz / V_V
tʃ > dʒ / V_V
w >~ ɣ / _ɛ
w > ɰ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
æ > a / in non-final position except in recent borrowings from English
æ > o / in non-final position except in recent borrowings from English
ɛ > iɛ / in open stressed syllables
ɛ > œ / w_
ʌ̯e > ɯ̯e / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
˨˩̤ > ˧˩̤ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)