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Nivkh (West Sakhalin)

Phylum: Isolate

Genus: Ungrouped

Lat/lon: 53.3, 141.8

ISO code: niv

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stoppʰ, ptʰ, tk, kʰq, qʰ
trillr̥, r
fricativeɸ, βs, zx, ɣχ, ʁh
affricatecç, cçʰ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɨu
close-mid
open

Licit initial clusters

Cɸ, Cβ, Cm, Cw, Cr̥, Cr, Cn, Cl, Cs, Cz, Cɲ, Cj, Cx, Cɣ, Cŋ, Cχ, Cʁ

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)

Source: Shiraishi, Hidetoshi. 2006. Topics in Nivkh phonology. Groningen Dissertations in Linguistics 61

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