| Language name: | HINDI-URDU |
| UPSID number: | 2016 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | Indo-European, Indic |
| This language has | 61 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.183126749 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | p ph b tD tDh dD t. t.h d. k kh g q tS tSh dZ f "s "z S Z X RF m nD "l "r BA ? bh dDh d.h gh dZh mh nDh "lh hh i: I e: 3 a: u: U o: i~: I~ e~: 3~ a~: u~: U~ o~: j r.[~ aa: E O E~ O~ |
| Comment: | All (or almost all) consonants appear geminate. Long nasalized vowels occur only with a following nasal segment when a voiced obstruent follows. |
| Source(s): | Kelkar, A.R. 1968. Studies in Hindi-Urdu I: Introduction and Word Phonology. Postgraduate and Research Institute, Deccan College, Poona. Ohala, M. 1983. Aspects of Hindi Phonology. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, Varanasi, Patna. Pinnow, H-J. 1953. Zeitschrift fur Phonetik und Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft 7: 43-53. Srivastava, N. 1969. Review of Kelkar, A.R. Studies in Hindi-Urdu I. Language 45: 913-927. Vermeer, H.J. and Sharma, A. 1966. Hindi-Lautlehre. Groos, Heidelberg. |