| Dzala | |
| Nativename: | Dzala 'Mat |
| Region: | Bhutan |
| Speakers: | 22,000 |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | Tibeto-Burman? |
| Fam3: | Tibeto-Kanauri? |
| Fam4: | Bodish |
| Fam5: | East Bodish |
| Fam6: | Dakpa–Dzala |
| Script: | Tibetan script |
| Iso3: | dzl |
| Glotto: | dzal1238 |
| Glottorefname: | Dzalakha |
The Dzala language, also called Dzalakha, Dzalamat, or Yangtsebikha, is an East Bodish language spoken in eastern Bhutan, in the Lhuntse and Trashiyangtse Districts.[1]
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Stop | aspirated | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| ejective | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Affricate | aspirated | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| ejective | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Vibrant | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ |