Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Nakh

Lat/lon: 42.63, 45.8

ISO code: che

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	labio-dental	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal	epiglottal
stop	b, pʰ, pʼ			t̪ʰ, t̪ʼ, d̪				kʰ, ɡ, kʼ	qʼ, qʰ	ʔ
trill											ʢ, ʜ
tap					ɾ, ɾ̥
fricative			f		s, z	ʒ, ʃ		x	ʁ	h
affricate					tsʰ, tsʼ, dz	tʃʰ, tʃʼ, dʒ
nasal	m
approximant		w					j

Long series

	bilabial	dental	alveolar	uvular
stop	pː	t̪ː		qː
fricative			sː

Short velarised series

	dental
lateral approximant	ɫ̪

Short pre-aspirated series

	velar
stop	ʰk

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
near-close	ɪ		ʊ
close-mid	e̞		o̞
mid		ə

Long series

	front	back
close	iː	uː
close-mid	e̞ː	o̞ː
open		ɑː

Short nasalised series

	front	central	back
near-close	ɪ̃		ʊ̃
mid		ə̃

Long nasalised series

	front	back
close	ĩː	ũː
close-mid	ẽ̞ː
open		ɑ̃ː

Diphthongs

/je/, /ie/, /wo/, /woː/, /jẽ/, /iẽ/, /wõ/, /wõː/

Licit initial clusters

Cʢ, Cʜ, px, t̪x