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Bats

Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Nakh

Lat/lon: 42.0436409, 45.3048537

ISO code: bbl

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarvelaruvularpharyngealglottalepiglottal
stoppʰ, pʼ, bt̪ʰ, t̪ʼ, d̪kʰ, kʼ, gʡ
trillʜ
tapɾ
fricativefs, zʃ, ʒχ, ʁħh
affricatetsʰ, dz, tsʼtʃʰ, dʒ, tʃʼqχʼ
lateral fricativeɬ
nasalmn

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closei, i̯u, u̯
close-mide
openɑ

Long series

frontback
close
close-mido̞ː
open-midɛː
openɑː

Short nasalised series

frontback
closeĩ, ĩ̯
close-midõ̞
openɑ̃

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)