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North Azerbaijani (Shirvan)

Phylum: Turkic

Genus: Oghuz

Lat/lon: 39.93, 48.92

ISO code: azj

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stoppʰ, b̥t̪, d̪c, ɟk, g̊
tapɾ
fricativef, vs̪, z̪ʃ, ʒχ, ʁh
affricatetʃ, dʒ
nasalm
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closei, yɯ, u
close-mid
open-midœ̞
near-openæ
openɑ

Long series

frontback
close
close-mide̞ː
open-midœ̞ː
near-openæː
openɑː

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Ширалиев, М.Ш.; Севортян, Э.В. (eds.) 1971. Грамматика азербайджанского языка (фонетика, морфология и синтаксис). Баку: ЭЛМ

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