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Main article: Thahi

This page gives an extensive description of Thahi phonological features.

Consonants

The consonant system distinguishes 22 phonemes, traditionally arranged in the following scheme:

		IPA			Transcription
plosive	voiced	[b]	[g]	[d]	b	g	d
	voiced aspirated	[bʰ]	[gʰ]	[dʰ]	bh	gh	dh
	voiceless aspirated	[pʰ]	[kʰ]	[tʰ]	ph	kh	th
	uvular		[q]			q
	glottal		[ʔ]			ʔ
nasal		[m]	[n]	[ɴ]	m	n	ṅ
liquid		[r]		[l]	r		l
fricative	sibilant		[s]			s
	labio-dental		[f]			f
	dental		[θ]			θ
	glottal		[h]			h
	bilabial		[β]			β
approximant			[j]			j

The group of the plosive consonants is essentially rich and distinguishes five sub-groups: voiced, voiced aspirated, voiceless aspirated, uvular and glottal, even though the latter two sub-group includes only one phoneme each. It remarkably lacks a group of voiceless unaspirated consonants.

The groups of the nasal and of the liquid consonants are noticeably poorer, but anyway quite developed. The group of the nasal consonants notably includes the phoneme [ɴ].

The group of the fricative consonants is overall very well developed and particularly rich in points of articulation, with an extended distinction between voiced and voiceless phonemes.

There is one affricate consonant, [ʧ]. The phoneme [j] can have both a semivocalic and a full consonantal value.