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Skolt Saami (Suõʹnnʼjel)

Phylum: Uralic

Genus: Saamic

Lat/lon: 68.5, 29.5

ISO code: sms

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelar
stopp, bt, dc, ɟk, g
trillr
fricativef, vðs, zʃ, ʒʝ, çx, ɣ
affricatets, dztʃ, dʒ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantlʎ

Short palatalised series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolar
stoppʲ, bʲtʲ, dʲ
trill
fricativefʲ, vʲðʲsʲ, zʲʃʲ, ʒʲ
affricatetsʲ, dzʲtʃʲ, dʒʲ
nasal
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mide, ĕo
midə
open-midɛɔ
near-openɐ
openɑ, ɑ̆

Diphthongs

/ɛa̟/, /ɛɐ/, /iɐ/, /iə/, /uə/, /uɐ/, /ua̟/, /uɔ/, /ue/, /ie/, /ii/, /ui/

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Feist, Timothy. 2010. A grammar of Skolt Saami. Manchester, UK: The University of Manchester

Comments: /f/ is restricted to loanwords. /ø/ and /y/ might also be marginally included. Palatalization might be analyzed as a suprasegmental feature (in this case the palatalized consonants, /ç/, /e/, /ue/, /ie/, /ii/, /ui/ are to be removed from the table). Both vowels and consonants have three phonemic lengths, but this can be alternatively analyzed segmentally or prosodically. Preaspiration is not phonemic.

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)