EURPhon: Modern Aramaic (Northeastern)

Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Northwest

Lat/lon: 37.15, 42.683333

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	labio-dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	uvular	pharyngeal	glottal
stop	p, b			t, d			k, g	q		ʔ
trill				r
fricative			f, v	s, z	ʃ, ʒ		x, ɣ		ʕ, ħ	h
affricate					tʃ, dʒ
nasal	m			n
approximant		w				j
lateral approximant				l

Short pharyngealised series

	bilabial	alveolar	postalveolar
stop	pˤ, bˤ	tˤ, dˤ
trill		rˤ
fricative		sˤ, zˤ
affricate			tʃˤ
nasal	mˤ
lateral approximant		lˤ

Vowels

Basic short series

	central
close	ɨ, ʉ
open	a

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː		uː
close-mid	eː		oː
open		aː

Licit initial clusters

Licit syllabic templates

(C)CV(C)

Source: Hoberman, Robert D. Modern Aramaic Phonology. 1997. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 313–335. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.