Lyngngam language
Lyngngam is an Austroasiatic language of Northeast India closely related to Khasi language. Once listed as a dialect of Khasi, Lyngngam has in recent literature been classified as a distinct language. Lyngngam speakers have food and dress similar to the neighboring Garo people.

Phonology

Consonant inventory
The following table lists the consonants attested in Lyngngam.
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! colspan = "2" |  
! Bilabial
! Alveolar
! Palatal
! Velar
! Glottal
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! colspan = "2" | Nasal
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! rowspan = "3" | Stop
! voiceless
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! aspirated
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! voiced
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! colspan = "2" | Voiceless fricative
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! colspan = "2" | Liquid
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! colspan = "2" | Glide
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The main difference with the Khasi language is that Lyngngam does not possess the voiced aspirated series. Furthermore, Lyngngam does not have the phoneme . Words which have  in Khasi typically have  or  in Lyngngam, as in the following pairs of cognates:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! Lyngngam
! Khasi
! meaning
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| bone
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| 10
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| hair
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| chisel
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Vowel inventory
The following table lists the vowel inventory of the language. The only vowels showing a length distinction are  and , in contradistinction to Khasi, where length is distinctive for all vowels.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!  
! Frontunrounded
! Centralunrounded
! Backrounded
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! High
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! Mid
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! Low
| colspan="3" | 
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Words with diphthongs in Khasi have monophthongs in Lyngngam, as in the following pairs of cognates:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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! Lyngngam
! Khasi
! meaning
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| month
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| dog
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| night
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References

 

Khasian languages
Languages of India
Languages of Meghalaya