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Ukrainian (Standard)
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Slavic
Lat/lon: 50.0, 31.5
ISO code: ukr
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | glottal |
| stop | b, p | | d̪, t̪ | | | | g, k | |
| trill | | | | r | | | | |
| fricative | | f | z̪, s̪ | | ʒ, ʃ | | x | ɦ |
| affricate | | | t̪s̪, d̪z̪ | | tʃ, dʒ | | | |
| nasal | m | | n̪ | | | | | |
| approximant | | ʋ | | | | j | | |
Short velarised series
| alveolar |
| lateral approximant | ɫ |
Short palatalised series
| dental | alveolar |
| stop | d̪ʲ | tʲ |
| trill | | rʲ |
| fricative | z̪ʲ | sʲ |
| affricate | t̪s̪ʲ, d̪z̪ʲ | |
| nasal | n̪ʲ | |
| lateral approximant | | lʲ |
Long palatalised series
| postalveolar |
| fricative | ʒːʲ, ʃːʲ |
| affricate | tʃːʲ |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | back |
| close | i | u |
| near-close | ɪ | |
| open-mid | ɛ | ɔ |
| open | | ɑ |
Source: Buk, Solomija; Mačutek, Ján; Rovenchak, Andrij. 2008. Some properties of the Ukrainian writing system. (http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0802/0802.4198.pdf)
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)