bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | dental | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal | |
stop | b, p, pʰ, pʼ | d̪, t̪ʰ, t̪, t̪ʼ | g, k, kʰ, kʼ | q, qʰ, qʼ, ɢ | ʔ | ||||
trill | r̪ | ||||||||
fricative | f | s̪, z̪ | ʃ, ʒ | x | χ, ʁ | h | |||
affricate | t̪s̪, t̪s̪ʼ, t̪s̪ʰ | tʃ, tʃʰ, tʃʼ | |||||||
nasal | m | n̪ | |||||||
approximant | w | j | |||||||
lateral approximant | l̪ |
dental | velar | uvular | |
stop | t̪ʰʷ, t̪ʷ, t̪ʼʷ | gʷ, kʷ, kʰʷ, kʼʷ | qʼʷ, qʰʷ, qʷ |
fricative | s̪ʷ, z̪ʷ | χʷ, ʁʷ | |
affricate | t̪s̪ʰʷ, t̪s̪ʷ, t̪s̪ʼʷ |
bilabial | labio-dental | dental | velar | uvular | |
stop | pʲ, pʰʲ, pʼʲ | t̪ʰʲ, t̪ʲ, t̪ʼʲ | kʲ, kʰʲ, kʼʲ | qʲ, qʰʲ, qʼʲ | |
fricative | fʲ | s̪ʲ | xʲ | χʲ | |
affricate | t̪s̪ʲ, t̪s̪ʼʲ, t̪s̪ʰʲ |
dental | velar | uvular | |
stop | t̪ʰʷʲ, t̪ʷʲ, t̪ʼʷʲ | kʷʲ, kʰʷʲ, kʼʷʲ | qʼʷʲ, qʰʷʲ, qʷʲ |
fricative | s̪ʷʲ | χʷʲ | |
affricate | t̪s̪ʰʷʲ, t̪s̪ʷʲ, t̪s̪ʼʷʲ |
front | back | |
close | y, i | u |
open-mid | ɛ | ʌ |
near-open | æ |
front | back | |
near-open | æː | |
open | ɑː |
TT, Tr̪̊T, TM, TTM
MD, t̪ʼʔ, jr̪̊, SK
(C)V(C)(C), (T)T(M)V(C)(C), Tr̪̊TV(C)(C)
Source: Haspelmath, Martin. 1995. A Grammar of Lezgian. The Hague: Mouton de Gruyter.
Comments: Palatalized consonants and word-initial clusters only exist as a result of T = voiceless obstruent D = obstruent that is not voiceless, non-ejective and non-aspirated S = voiceless fricative K = voiceless non-ejective non-aspirated obstruent M = sonorant
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)