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Turkish (Standard)

Phylum: Turkic

Genus: Oghuz

Lat/lon: 41.0, 29.0

ISO code: tur

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stoppʰ, bt̻ʰ, d̻cʰ, ɟkʰ, g
tapɾ̻
fricativefs̻, z̻ʃ, ʒh
affricatetʃʰ, dʒ
nasalm
approximantʋj
lateral approximant

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ̻

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yɯ, u
close-mide̞, ø̞
near-openæ
open

Long series

frontcentralback
closeɯː, uː
close-mide̞ːo̞ː
openäː

Licit initial clusters

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Göksel, Aslı; Kerslake, Celia. 2005. Turkish: a comprehensive grammar. London and New York: Routledge

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