EURPhon: Gheg Albanian (North-Eastern)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Albanian

Lat/lon: 42.7, 21.3

ISO code: aln

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-dental	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, b		t̪, d̪				k, g
trill				r
tap				ɾ
fricative		f, v	θ, ð	s, z	ʃ, ʒ			h
affricate				ts, dz	tʃ, dʒ
nasal	m			n			ŋ
approximant						j
lateral approximant				l

Short velarised series

	dental
lateral approximant	ɫ̪

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i, y		u
close-mid	e		o
open		ä

Short nasalised series

	front	central	back
close	ĩ, ỹ		ũ
close-mid	ẽ
open		ä̃

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː		uː
close-mid	eː		oː
open		äː

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(N)(C)(L)V(C)(C)

Source: Klippenstein, Rachel. 2010. Word-initial consonant clusters in Albanian. OSUWPL Vol. 59, pp. 10–32. Ohio State University, Department of Linguistics; Camaj, Martin. 1984. Albanian grammar: with exercises, chrestomathy and glossaries. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz; Friedman, Victor A. Studies on Albanian and Other Balkan Language. Peja: Dukagjini. 2004.