Phylum: Isolate

Genus: Ungrouped

Lat/lon: 53.3, 141.8

ISO code: niv

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal
stop	pʰ, p		tʰ, t		k, kʰ	q, qʰ
trill			r̥, r
fricative	ɸ, β		s, z		x, ɣ	χ, ʁ	h
affricate				cç, cçʰ
nasal	m		n	ɲ	ŋ
approximant		w		j
lateral approximant			l

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i	ɨ	u
close-mid	e̞		o̞
open		ä

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)