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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
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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)