EURPhon: Kildin Saami

Kildin Saami

Phylum: Uralic

Genus: Saamic

Lat/lon: 68.0, 35.0

ISO code: sjd

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar
stop	b, p		d, t			ɟ, c	g, k
trill			r, r̥
fricative	β	f	z, s	ʐ, ʂ	ʑ, ɕ	ʝ, ç	x
affricate			dz, ts, d̥z̥		dʑ, tɕ, d̥ʑ̥
nasal	m, m̥		n, n̥			ɲ	ŋ
lateral approximant			l, l̥

Short palatalised series

	bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar	velar
stop	bʲ, pʲ		dʲ, tʲ	gʲ, kʲ
trill			rʲ, r̥ʲ
fricative	βʲ	fʲ	zʲ, sʲ	xʲ
affricate			dzʲ, tsʲ, d̥z̥ʲ
nasal	mʲ, m̥ʲ		nʲ, n̥ʲ	ŋʲ
lateral approximant			lʲ, l̥ʲ

Long series

	bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar
stop	b̥ː, pː		d̥ː, tː				g̊ː, kː
trill			rː, r̥ː
fricative	βː	fː	zː, sː	ʂː	ɕː	ʝː, çː	xː
affricate			tsː		tɕː
nasal	mː, m̥ː		nː, n̥ː			ɲː	ŋː
lateral approximant			lː, l̥ː

Long palatalised series

	bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar	velar
stop	bʲː, pʲː			gʲː, kʲː
trill			rʲː, r̥ʲː
fricative	βʲː	fʲː	zʲː, sʲː	xʲː
affricate			tsʲː
nasal	mʲː, m̥ʲː		nʲː, n̥ʲː	ŋʲː
lateral approximant			lʲː, l̥ʲː

Short pre-aspirated series

	bilabial	alveolar	alveolo-palatal	velar
stop	ʰp	ʰt		ʰk
affricate		ʰts	ʰtɕ

Short palatalised pre-aspirated series

	bilabial	alveolar	velar
stop	ʰpʲ	ʰtʲ	ʰkʲ
affricate		ʰtsʲ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i	ɨ	u
close-mid	e̞		o̞
near-open		ɐ

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː	ɨː	uː
close-mid	e̞ː		o̞ː
open		äː

Diphthongs

/o̞ä/, /uä/, /ue̞/

Source: Куруч, Р.Д. 1985. Краткий грамматический очерк саамского языка. Москва: Русский язык

Comments: Geminates are opposed to long consonants, but there seems to be no need to postulate half-long consonants.

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