Kami (kham1282-3)

Chirkova, Katia. Phonological Profile of Kami, the Tibetan dialect of Mùlĭ. 2014. hh:phon:Chirkova:Kami

Consonants (56)

pʰ p b ⁿb	(ⁿtʰ) tʰ t d ⁿd					kʰ k g ⁿg
	tsʰ ts dz ⁿdz	tʂʰ tʂ dʐ ⁿdʐ	tʃʰ tʃ dʒ ⁿdʒ	tɕʰ tɕ dʑ ⁿdʑ
	sʰ s z		ʃʰ ʃ ʒ	ɕʰ ɕ ʑ		x ɣ
m̥ m	n̥ n				ɲ̥ ɲ	ŋ̥ ŋ
	ɹ̥ ɹ				j	w	h ɦʲ
	l̥ l

Vowels (16)

i ĩ		ɯ ɯ̃ u (ũ)
e ẽ	ə	ɤ o
ɛ		ɔ ɔ̃
	a ã

Diphthongs (6)

(i̯e)	u̯a u̯e u̯ẽ ui̯
ei̯

Tones (2)

˥˧ ˩˧

Notes

The consonant inventory given here is from the main consultant; other consultants have a slightly different inventory. See kham1282-4.

Voiceless nasals are pronounced [mm̥ʰ] etc.: "homorganic voiced nasal onsets but voiceless, slightly aspirated release".

/ɹ̥/ cannot appaer in word-initial position.

Allophonic rules

x > χ / #_V[back]
x > χ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɣ > ʁ / #_V[back]
ɣ > ʁ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
m̥ > mm̥ʰ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
n̥ > nn̥ʰ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɲ̥ > ɲɲ̥ʰ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ŋ̥ > ŋŋ̥ʰ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɹ̥ > ʂ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɹ > ʐ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɦʲ > j̤ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɦʲ > ʱj / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ã > ɑ̃ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɔ > ɑɔ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɤ > ɤu / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
o > ou / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
ɯ > ɯˠ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)
u > y / C[palatal]_
ũ > ỹ / C[palatal]_
u̯e > y̯e / C[palatal]_
u̯ẽ > y̯ẽ / C[palatal]_
ui̯ > yi̯ / C[palatal]_
˩˧ > ˧ / (non-canonical form - i.e. alternate representation of the phoneme)