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Digor Ossetic

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Iranic

Lat/lon: 43.16, 44.16

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpalatalvelaruvular
stoppʰ, p, b̥, pʼt̺ʰ, t̺, d̺̥, t̺ʼkʰ, k, g̊, kʼq
trill
fricativef, vs̺, z̺χ, ʁ
affricatet̺s̺ʰ, t̺s̺, d̺̥z̺̥, t̺s̺ʼ
nasalm
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short labialised series

velaruvular
stopkʰʷ, kʷ, g̊ʷ, kʼʷ
fricativeχʷ, ʁʷ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
close
near-closeɪ̆
close-mideo
near-openɐ̆
openɑ

Source: Testen, David. 1997. Ossetic phonology. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 707–731. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns

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