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Forest Nenets

Phylum: Uralic

Genus: Samoyed

Lat/lon: 64.9, 77.8

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopptkʔ
trillr
fricativesɕx
affricate
lateral fricativeɬ
nasalmnŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short palatalised series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarvelar
stop
fricative
lateral fricativeɬʲ
nasalŋʲ
approximant
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mid
midə̆
near-openæ
openɑ

Long series

frontback
close
close-mide̞ːo̞ː
near-openæː
openɑː

Source: Salminen, Tapani. 2007. Notes on Forest Nenets phonology. // Sámit, sánit, sátnehámit. Riepmočála Pekka Sammallahtii miessemánu 21. beaivve 2007. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia = Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne 253. Helsinki

Comments: /r/ is restricted to recent borrowings; /o̞/ and /e̞/ are rather marginal. /ə̆/ is probably better understood as a suprasegmental element.

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