The Dzala language, also called Dzalakha, Dzalamat, or Yangtsebikha, is an East Bodish language spoken in eastern Bhutan, in the Lhuntse and Trashiyangtse Districts.[2]
Dzala | |
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Dzala 'Mat | |
Region | Bhutan |
Native speakers | 22,000 (2011)[1] |
Tibetan script | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | dzl |
Glottolog | dzal1238 |
Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Post-alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | |||||
Stop | aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | |||
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||||
ejective | pʼ | tʼ | kʼ | qʼ | |||
Affricate | aspirated | t͡sʰ | t͡ʃʰ | ||||
voiced | d͡z | d͡ʒ | |||||
ejective | t͡sʼ | t͡ʃʼ | |||||
Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | x | h | ||
voiced | v | z | ʒ | ɣ | |||
Vibrant | r | ||||||
Lateral | l |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |