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Adyghe
Phylum: Northwest Caucasian
Genus: Circassian
Lat/lon: 45.016459, 40.23273
ISO code: ady
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | hissing-hushing | alveolo-palatal | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal |
| stop | b, p, pʼ | | | d, t, tʼ | | | | | k, kʼ | q | ʔʼ |
| trill | | | | r | | | | | | | |
| fricative | | | f | z, s | ʒ, ʃ | ẑ, ŝ, ŝʼ | ʑ, ɕ | | ɣ, x | ʁ, χ | h |
| affricate | | | | dz, ts, tsʼ | tʃ, tʃʼ | | dʑ, tɕ, tɕʼ | | | | |
| lateral fricative | | | | ɮ, ɬ, ɬʼ | | | | | | | |
| nasal | m | | | n | | | | | | | |
| approximant | | w | | | | | | j | | | |
Short labialised series
| bilabial | alveolar | hissing-hushing | velar | uvular | glottal |
| stop | pʼʷ | tʼʷ | | ɡʷ, kʷ, kʼʷ | qʷ | ʔʼʷ |
| fricative | | | ẑʷ, ŝʷ, ŝʼʷ | xʷ | ʁʷ, χʷ | |
| affricate | | | dẑʷ, tŝʷ | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central |
| close-mid | e | |
| mid | | ə |
| open | | a |
Source: Arkadʹev, P. M., and Ya. G. Testelet︠s︡ (eds.) 2009. Aspekty polisintetizma: ocherki po grammatike adygeĭskogo iazyka. Moskva: RGGU.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)