Distribution of fixed consonants in echo word formations in the languages of India.

Green indicates velar consonants; yellow/red indicates labials; blue languages use coronal consonants; and purple indicates that both labial and coronal consonants are used.

Map from G. M. Trivedi’s chapter on Echo Words in Krishan 1990. Coloring by me.

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