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Bats
Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian
Genus: Nakh
Lat/lon: 42.0436409, 45.3048537
ISO code: bbl
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | velar | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal | epiglottal |
stop | pʰ, pʼ, b | | t̪ʰ, t̪ʼ, d̪ | | | kʰ, kʼ, g | qʰ | | | ʡ |
trill | | | | | | | | | | ʜ |
tap | | | | ɾ | | | | | | |
fricative | | f | | s, z | ʃ, ʒ | | χ, ʁ | ħ | h | |
affricate | | | | tsʰ, dz, tsʼ | tʃʰ, dʒ, tʃʼ | | qχʼ | | | |
lateral fricative | | | | ɬ | | | | | | |
nasal | m | | | n | | | | | | |
Short velarised series
| alveolar |
lateral approximant | ɫ |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | back |
close | i, i̯ | u, u̯ |
close-mid | e | o̞ |
open | | ɑ |
Long series
| front | back |
close | iː | |
close-mid | | o̞ː |
open-mid | ɛː | |
open | | ɑː |
Short nasalised series
| front | back |
close | ĩ, ĩ̯ | ũ |
close-mid | ẽ | õ̞ |
open | | ɑ̃ |
Diphthongs
/ie/
Source: Дешериев, Ю.Д. 1953. Бацбийский язык. Фонетика, морфология, синтаксис, лексика. Москва: Издательство Академии наук СССР
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)