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Kabardian (Turkish)
Phylum: Northwest Caucasian
Genus: Circassian
Lat/lon: 38.72, 36.39
ISO code: kbd
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal |
| stop | pʰ, b, pʼ | | | tʼ, tʰ, d | | | qʰ, qʼ | | ʔ |
| tap | | | | ɾ | | | | | |
| fricative | | | f, fʼ | s, z | ʃ, ʒ, ʃʼ | ç, ʝ | χ, ʁ | ħ | h |
| affricate | | | | tsʼ, ts, dz | | | | | |
| lateral fricative | | | | ɬ, ɬʼ | | | | | |
| nasal | m | | | n | | | | | |
| approximant | | w | | | | j | | | |
| lateral approximant | | | | l | | | | | |
Short palatalised series
Short labialised series
| velar | uvular | glottal |
| stop | kʷʼ, kʷʰ, gʷ | qʷʼ, qʷʰ | ʔʷ |
| fricative | xʷ | χʷ, ʁʷ | |
Vowels
Basic short series
Long series
Source: Gordon, Matthew; Applebaum, Ayla. 2006. Phonetic Structures of Turkish Kabardian. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 36 (2), 159-186.
Comments: /oː/, /eː/, /uː/, /iː/ are non-phonemic. [ɣʷ] is an allophone of /gʷ/ non-word-initially.
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)