Bhattacharya (2022) lists the following phonemes for the Birjia variety spoken in
Gumla district,
Jharkhand:
Consonants Vowels Word structure Monosyllabic templates • VC: /otʰ/ "earth", /up/ "hair" • V: /o/ "to smell" • CV: /kʰu/ "cough" • CVC: /ɟan/ "bone", /bʰap/ "steam" • CVCC: /menʔ/ "eye"
Disyllabic templates • VCV: /iʈa/ "brick" • VVC: /oitʰ/ "behind" • CVV: /rua/ "fever" • CVCV: /hasa/ "clay" • CVVC: /ɲein/ "toy" • VCVC: /ipil/ "star" • VCCVC: /uttər/ "north" • CVCCV: /samdʱo/ "daughter-in-law's mother/ • CVCVC: /palah/ "snow" • CVCCVC: /seŋgel/ "fire" • CVCCCV: /banɖɽo/ "storm" • CVCVCC: /reŋetʔ/ "hunger" • CVCCVV: /sərləi/ "matchstick" • CVVCVV: /kairao/ "to get angry"
Polysyllabic • VCVCV: /iremi/ "to harvest" • CVCVCV: /haremi/ "to bury a dead body" • CVCVCVCV: /nakaɟami/ "to comb hair" • CVCVCVCVCVC: /tajarajanam/ "to prepare" ==Morphology==