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.

Consonant inventory
The following table lists the consonants attested in Lyngngam.
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! colspan = "2" | ! Bilabial ! Alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Glottal ! colspan = "2" | Nasal ! rowspan = "3" | Stop ! voiceless ! aspirated ! voiced ! colspan = "2" | Voiceless fricative ! colspan = "2" | Liquid ! colspan = "2" | Glide 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:
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! Lyngngam ! Khasi ! meaning
 * bone
 * 10
 * hair
 * chisel
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 * 10
 * hair
 * chisel
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 * hair
 * chisel
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 * chisel
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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.
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! ! Front unrounded ! Central unrounded ! Back rounded ! High ! Mid ! Low
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Words with diphthongs in Khasi have monophthongs in Lyngngam, as in the following pairs of cognates:
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! Lyngngam ! Khasi ! meaning
 * month
 * dog
 * night
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 * dog
 * night
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 * dog
 * night
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 * night
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