Hrangkhol language
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Hrangkhol, Hrangkhawl belongs to the Mizo languages spoken by the Hrangkhawl people mainly in Assam and Tripura states in India, with a minority living in Manipur and Mizoram. It is closely related with Khawsak dialect/Literary Kukis because, as each of the 20+ Kukis subtribes had their own dialect, over time they developed a lingua-franca, a common language for them all which today is known as "Khawsak țawng/Kukis țawng".
Phonology
Vowels
All monophthongs occur in initial, medial, and final positions. Hrangkhol also has five diphthongs, /ai/, /ei/, /əi/, /oi/, and /ui/. /ui/ and /ai/ occur in all positions, while /ei/, /əi/, and /oi/ only occur in medial and final positions.
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive/ Affricate | aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||
| voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | g | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | h | |||
| voiced | v | z | ||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Approximant | l | w |
All consonants occur in initial and medial positions, however only /p/, /t/, /k/, /r/, /l/, /m/, /n/, and /ŋ/ can occur as a coda. Hrangkhol also has stop-liquid clusters in syllable initial positions such as in klek "noise", and rtai "run". Consonant sequences between syllabic boundaries are also common, typically occurring in medial positions.
Tone
Hrangkhol distinguishes between high and low tones, which are marked with an acute and a grave respectively.