Phylum: Yeniseian

Genus: Northern Yeniseian

Lat/lon: 62.5, 86.3

ISO code: ket

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	alveolar	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal
stop	b, p	t, d		k
tap		ɾ
fricative		s̺				h
affricate					qχ
lateral fricative		ɮ̺
nasal	m	n̺		ŋ
approximant			j

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i		ɯ, u
close-mid	e		o
mid		ə
open-mid	ɛ		ɔ, ʌ
near-open	æ
open		ä

Tones

34ʔ, 5, 1331, 31

Licit initial clusters

bC, kC, dC

Licit finals

p, m, t, s̺, ɮ̺, n̺, j̥, k, q, ŋ, ps̺, ms̺, ts̺, ɮ̺s̺, n̺s̺, js̺, ks̺, qs̺, ŋs̺, ɮ̺t, n̺t, kt, qt, pt

Licit syllabic templates

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