EURPhon: Khalkhal

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Iranic

Lat/lon: 38.25, 48.3

ISO code: tks

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-dental	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal
stop	b, pʰ			tʰ, d			kʰ, g
trill			r̪
fricative		f, v		s, z	ʃ, ʒ		ɣ	χ	h
affricate					tʃʰ, dʒ			ɢʁ
nasal	m			n
approximant						j
lateral approximant			l̪

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close-mid	ø, e		o
mid		ə
open		a

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː, yː		uː
open		aː

Diphthongs

/ei̯/, /ou̯/, /oi̯/, /aːi̯/, /ai̯/

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Asadi, Mohammad; Mehdi Bagheri Hariry; Razzagh Kiyani. 2014. Phonetic and Phonological Investigation of Tati Kajal Dialect (Khalkhal). Theory and Practice in Language Studies 4(3), 568-574. Finland: Academy Publisher

Comments: The source describes the differences from Farsi rather than offers a reference synchronic description. This is, however, sufficient to postulate a phonological inventory given here.