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Chhattisgarhi (छत्तीसगढ़ी, ଛତିଶଗଡ଼ି) is spoken by approximately 16 million people in India. It is mostly spoken in the Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh & Maharashtra. It is closely related to Hindi.
Phonology[edit | edit source]
Here are the speech sounds that constitute the fundamental components of Chhattisgarhi language:
Vowels[edit | edit source]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | iː | uː | |
| ɪ | ʊ | ||
| Mid | eː | ə | oː |
| ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Low | aː | ||
Consonants[edit | edit source]
| Labial | Dental/
Alveolar |
Retroflex | Post-alv./
Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Stop/
Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | ʈ | tʃ | k | |
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ | tʃʰ | kʰ | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɖ | dʒ | ɡ | ||
| breathy | bʱ | dʱ | ɖʱ | dʒʱ | ɡʱ | ||
| Fricative | s | h | |||||
| Trill/Tap | voiced | r | ɽ | ||||
| breathy | ɽʱ | ||||||
| Lateral | voiced | l | |||||
| breathy | lʱ | ||||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | |||||
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