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Ishkashimi

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Iranic

Lat/lon: 36.727222, 71.611667

ISO code: isk

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, bt, dʈ, ɖk, gq
trillr
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒʂ, ʐx, ɣh
affricatets, dztʃ, dʒʈʂ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantlɭ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mido
midə
open-midɔ
open

Source: Пахалина, Т.Н. 1959. Ишкашимский язык. Очерк фонетики и грамматики. Тексты и словарь. Москва: Издательство Академии наук СССР

Comments: /h/ is a recent innovation. /ɭ/ is not used by all speakers.

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)