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Uyghur (Xinjiang)

Phylum: Turkic

Genus: Qarluk

Lat/lon: 43.8, 87.6

ISO code: uig

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, bt̪, d̪k, gqʔ
trillr
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒxʁh
affricatetstʃ, dʒ
nasalmŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Long series

alveolo-palatal
fricativeɕː

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
near-closeɪ, ʏʊ
close-mide, øo
open-midɛ
openɑ

Long series

frontback
near-closeɪː, ʏːʊː
open-midœːɔː
near-openæː
openɑː

Licit initial clusters

Cj, Cw

Licit finals

p, t̪, k, q, rp, rt̪, rk, rq, lp, lt̪, lk, lq, jp, jt̪, jk, jq, sp, st̪

Licit syllabic templates

CV(C)(C)

Source: Comrie, Bernard. 1997. Uyghur phonology. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 913–925. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

Comments: /f/, /v/, /ts/, /ɕː/ may or may not be fully nativized.

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