Padam dialect explained

Padam
Nativename:Bor-abor
States:India
Region:Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Tani
Glotto:pada1257
Iso3:None
Fam3:East Tani
Fam4:Mising
Ethnicity:Padam
Date:2007
Ref:[1]

Padam, also known as Bor-abor, is a dialect of the Mishing language.

Phonology

The Padam dialect consists of the following phonemes:

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelar
Nasalpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Plosive/
Affricate
voicelesspronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
voicedpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Fricativepronounced as /ink/(pronounced as /ink/)
Trillpronounced as /ink/
Approximantpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closepronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Midpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Openpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/

Notes and References

  1. Book: Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages . 2007 . Routledge . 978-0-415-56331-4 . Moseley . Christopher . London . 283-348 . ocm47983733.
  2. Book: Lalrempuii, C.. Morphology of the Adi language of Arunachal Pradesh. Shillong: North-Eastern Hill University. 2005. 36–45. 10603/60955. free.