EURPhon: Lak (Kumux)

Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Lak

Lat/lon: 42.17, 47.12

ISO code: lbe

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	dental	postalveolar	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal	epiglottal
stop	p, pʼ, b		t̪, t̪ʼ, d̪			k, kʼ	q, qʼ	ʔ
trill			r̪						ʜ
fricative			s̪, z̪	ʃ, ʒ		ɣ, x	χ, ʁ	h
affricate			t̪s̪, t̪s̪ʼ	tʃ, tʃʼ
nasal	m		n̪
approximant		w			j
lateral approximant			l̪

Long series

	bilabial	dental	postalveolar	velar	uvular
stop	pː	t̪ː		kː	qː
fricative		s̪ː	ʃː	xː	χː
affricate		t̪s̪ː	tʃː

Short labialised series

	postalveolar	velar	uvular
stop		kʷ, kʼʷ	qʷ, qʼʷ
fricative	ʃʷ, ʒʷ	ɣʷ, xʷ	χʷ
affricate	tʃʷ, tʃʼʷ

Long labialised series

	postalveolar	velar	uvular
stop		kːʷ	qːʷ
fricative	ʃːʷ	xːʷ	χːʷ
affricate	tʃːʷ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i		u
open		ä	ɑ̝

Short creaky voiced series

	front	central
close-mid	ḛ
open-mid		ɞ̰
near-open	æ̰

Long series

	front	back
close	iː	uː
open		ɑ̝ː

Licit initial clusters

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Source: Anderson, Gregory D.S. 1997. Lak phonology. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 973–997. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.