Language/Torwali/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

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Torwali (توروالی) is a Dardic language of the Northwestern Indo-Aryan family mainly spoken in the Bahrain and Chail areas of the Swat District in Northern Pakistan. It is said to have originated from the pre-Muslim Dardic communities of Pakistan. It has two dialects, Bahrain and Chail. 

Phonology

Vowels According to Edelman

Front Central Back
Close i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Open a aː

Vowels According to Lunsford

Vowels According to Lunsford
Front Central Back
Close i ĩ (ɨ̙) u ũ
Mid e ẽ (e̙) ə (ə̙) o õ
Open æ æ̃ a ã

Consonants

Labial Coronal Retroflex Post-alv./

Palatal

Velar Glottal
Nasal m n (ɳ) ŋ
Stop p

b

t

d

ʈ

ʈʰ

ɖ

ɖʱ

k

g

ɡʱ

Affricate ts  ʈʂ

ʈʂʰ

ɖʐ 

tʃʰ

dʒ 
Fricative(Lateral) s z ʂ ʐ ʃ ʒ x ɣ h
(t)ɬ?
Approximant(Lateral) j w
l
Rhotic r ɽ?

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torwali_language

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