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Wakhi

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Iranic

Lat/lon: 36.7167, 71.7667

ISO code: wbl

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelaruvular
stopp, bt, dʈ, ɖk, gq
trillr
tapɽ̊
fricativef, vθ, ðs, zʃ, ʒʂ, ʐçx, ɣχ, ʁ
affricatets, dztʃ, dʒʈʂ, ɖʐ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantɭ̥

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeɨ̹
near-closeɪ
close-mido
open-midɜ̹
open

Long series

frontcentralback
closeɨ̹ːu̞ː
open-midɜ̹ːɔː
openäː

Source: Пахалина, Т.Н. 1975. Ваханский язык. Москва: Наука

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