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The phonology of Kurukh (also Kurukh or Oraon) is defined by a five-vowel system and a consonant inventory featuring a contrast between dental and retroflex stops. A significant diagnostic feature of the language within the North Dravidian branch is the development of the voiceless velar fricative Template:IPA. This description is based on the historical reconstructions of Martin Pfeiffer (1972) and the documentation of Pinnow (1964) and Grignard (1924).

Vowels

Kurukh possesses five vowel qualities with phonemic length. Vowel length is frequently neutralized in word-final positions and preceding the glottal stop Template:IPA.

VowelsTemplate:Sfn
	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink			Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink
Mid	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink
Open			Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink

Mid-central vowel (Template:IPA): Modern phonemic analysis identifies Template:IPA as a distinct phoneme from Template:IPA. It occurs in roots such as əənka ('said') and bəəl ('ear of corn').Template:Sfn

Nasalization: Contrastive nasalization is present for most vowels (e.g., Template:IPA, Template:IPA), though it is historically absent in the schwa.

Consonants

ConsonantsTemplate:Sfn
	Bilabial		Denti-Alveolar		Retroflex		Post-Alveolo-Palatal		Velar		Glottal
Nasal		Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink		(Template:IPAlink)		Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink
Stop/Affricate	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink~Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink~Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink
Fricative									Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink
Sibilant			Template:IPAlink
Trill/Flap				Template:IPAlink		(Template:IPAlink)Template:Efn-ua
Approximant		Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink Template:Efn-ua				Template:IPAlink Template:Efn-ua

Velar Fricative Template:IPA : This phoneme corresponds to PDr *k- in specific environments. It undergoes a phonetic shift to a uvular Template:IPA when preceding or following back vowels.Template:Sfn
Nasals : The retroflex Template:IPAblink is allophonic, appearing primarily before retroflex stops.
Aspiration : Aspirated stops are present in Indo-Aryan loanwords but are not reconstructed for the native North Dravidian core.

Phonotactics

Consonant Gemination, Native Kurukh roots generally permit geminate consonants only following short vowels (e.g., palla 'tooth'). Long vowels are typically followed by simple consonants.

Anaptyxis, Anaptyctic (auxiliary) vowels are utilized to resolve consonant clusters in root-final positions (e.g., xeexᵉl 'earth'). These vowels are elided upon the addition of a vowel-initial suffix (e.g., accusative xeexl-an).Template:Sfn

References

Notes

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Source

Pfeiffer, Martin (1972). Elements of Kurux Historical Phonology. 3. Leiden: Brill. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ErwUAAAAIAAJ.

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 The '''phonology of Kurukh''' (also [[Kurux language|Kurukh]] or Oraon) is defined by a five-vowel system and a consonant inventory featuring a contrast between [[Dental consonant|dental]] and [[Retroflex consonant|retroflex]] stops. A significant diagnostic feature of the language within the [[North Dravidian languages|North Dravidian]] branch is the development of the voiceless velar fricative {{IPA|/x/}}. This description is based on the historical reconstructions of Martin Pfeiffer (1972) and the documentation of Pinnow (1964) and Grignard (1924).
-== Vowels ==
+===Vowels===
 Kurukh possesses five vowel qualities with phonemic length. Vowel length is frequently neutralized in word-final positions and preceding the [[Glottal stop|glottal stop]] {{IPA|/ʔ/}}.
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-|+ [[Vowels]]{{sfn|Pfeiffer|1972|p=8}}
+|+ Vowels{{sfn|Pfeiffer|1972|p=8}}
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 ! colspan="2" | [[Front vowel|Front]]
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 * Nasalization: Contrastive nasalization is present for most vowels (e.g., {{IPA|/ã/}}, {{IPA|/ĩ/}}), though it is historically absent in the schwa.
-== Consonants ==
+===Consonants===
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-|+[[Consonants]]{{sfn|Pfeiffer|1972|p=8}}
+|+ Consonants{{sfn|Pfeiffer|1972|p=8}}
 !
 !colspan=2|[[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]
-!colspan=2|[[Dental consonant|Dental]]<hr>[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
+!colspan=2|[[Dental consonant|Denti]]-[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
 !colspan=2|[[Retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]
-!colspan=2|[[Postalveolar consonant|Postalveolar]]<hr>[[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
+!colspan=2|[[Postalveolar consonant|Post]]-[[Alveolo-palatal consonant|Alveolo]]-[[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
 !colspan=2|[[Velar consonant|Velar]]
 !colspan=2|[[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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-!<small>[[Stop consonant|Stop]] / [[Affricate]]</small>
+!<small>[[Stop consonant|Stop]]/[[Affricate]]</small>
 |style=border-right:0|{{IPAlink|p}}||style=border-left:0|{{IPAlink|b}}
 |style=border-right:0|{{IPAlink|t}}||style=border-left:0|{{IPAlink|d}}
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 |-
-!<small>[[Trill consonant|Trill]] / [[Flap consonant|Flap]]</small>
+!<small>[[Trill consonant|Trill]]/[[Flap consonant|Flap]]</small>
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 |style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPAlink|r}}
-|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|({{IPAlink|ɽ}}){{efn|The [[voiced retroflex flap]] /{{IPAlink|ɽ}}/ is a diachronic reflex of the historical geminated [[voiced retroflex plosive]] /ɖɖ/.}}
+|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|({{IPAlink|ɽ}}){{efn-ua|The [[voiced retroflex flap]] /{{IPAlink|ɽ}}/ is a diachronic reflex of the historical geminated [[voiced retroflex plosive]] /ɖɖ/.}}
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 !<small>[[Approximant]]</small>
 |style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPAlink|w}}
-|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPAlink|l}}{{efn|Modern Kurukh exhibits the neutralization of lateral contrast; the Proto-Dravidian [[voiced retroflex lateral approximant]] */{{IPAlink|ɭ}}/ has merged into the [[voiced alveolar lateral]] /{{IPAlink|l}}/.}}
+|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPAlink|l}}{{efn-ua|Modern Kurukh exhibits the neutralization of lateral contrast; the Proto-Dravidian [[voiced retroflex lateral approximant]] *{{IPAslink|ɭ}} has merged into the [[voiced alveolar lateral]] {{IPAslink|l}}.}}
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-|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPAlink|j}}{{efn|The Proto-Dravidian [[voiced retroflex approximant]] */{{IPAlink|ɻ}}/ underwent a merger with the [[voiced palatal approximant]] /{{IPAlink|j}}/ and is no longer phonemically distinct in the modern [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]] language.}}
+|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPAlink|j}}{{efn-ua|The Proto-Dravidian [[voiced retroflex approximant]] *{{IPAslink|ɻ}} underwent a merger with the [[voiced palatal approximant]] {{IPAslink|j}} and is no longer phonemically distinct in the modern [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]] language.}}
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 * Velar Fricative {{IPA|/x/}} : This phoneme corresponds to PDr *k- in specific environments. It undergoes a phonetic shift to a uvular {{IPA|[χ]}} when preceding or following back vowels.{{sfn|Pfeiffer|1972}}
-* Nasals : The retroflex {{IPA|[ɳ]}} is allophonic, appearing primarily before retroflex stops.
+* Nasals : The retroflex {{IPAblink|ɳ}} is allophonic, appearing primarily before retroflex stops.
 * Aspiration : Aspirated stops are present in Indo-Aryan loanwords but are not reconstructed for the native North Dravidian core.
-==Phonotactics==
+===Phonotactics===
-* Consonant Gemination : Native Kurukh roots generally permit geminate consonants only following short vowels (e.g., ''palla'' 'tooth'). Long vowels are typically followed by simple consonants.
+* Consonant Gemination, Native Kurukh roots generally permit geminate consonants only following short vowels (e.g., ''palla'' 'tooth'). Long vowels are typically followed by simple consonants.
-* Anaptyxis : Anaptyctic (auxiliary) vowels are utilized to resolve consonant clusters in root-final positions (e.g., ''xeexᵉl'' 'earth'). These vowels are elided upon the addition of a vowel-initial suffix (e.g., accusative ''xeexl-an'').{{sfn|Pfeiffer|1972}}
+* Anaptyxis, Anaptyctic (auxiliary) vowels are utilized to resolve consonant clusters in root-final positions (e.g., ''xeexᵉl'' 'earth'). These vowels are elided upon the addition of a vowel-initial suffix (e.g., accusative ''xeexl-an'').{{sfn|Pfeiffer|1972}}
-== References ==
+==References==
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+==Notes==
+{{notelist|group=upper-alpha}}
+{{notefoot}}
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