Phylum: Uralic

Genus: Saamic

Lat/lon: 66.58, 16.35

ISO code: sje

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-dental	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p			t			k
trill				r
fricative		f, v	ð	s	ʃ			h
affricate				ts	tʃ
nasal	m			n		ɲ	ŋ
approximant						j
lateral approximant				l

Short pre-aspirated series

	bilabial	alveolar	postalveolar	velar
stop	ʰp	ʰt		ʰk
affricate		ʰts	ʰtʃ

Long series

	bilabial	labio-dental	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar
stop	pː			tː			kː
trill				rː
fricative		fː, vː	ðː	sː	ʃː
affricate				tsː	tʃː
nasal	mː			nː		ɲː	ŋː
approximant						jː
lateral approximant				lː

Long pre-aspirated series

	bilabial	alveolar	postalveolar	velar
stop	ʰpː	ʰtː		ʰkː
affricate		ʰtsː	ʰtʃː

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
near-close	ɪ		ʊ
close-mid			o
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
open		a

Long series

	central
open	aː

Diphthongs

/ie/, /ʊa/

Licit initial clusters

pr, pl, tr, kn, kr, kl, sp, st, sk, sv, ʃk, ʃv, fr, fl, sm, sn, sɲ, sl, ʃm, ʃɲ, ʃl, str, skr

Licit finals

st, jt, lt, rt, rm, lm, jst, jk, pʰ, tʰ, kʰ, tʃ, n, v, s, h, ŋ, m, r̥, ɲ, l, j

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C), strV(C)(C), skrV(C)(C)