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Karata
Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian
Genus: Avar-Andi
Lat/lon: 42.5969703, 46.3340785
ISO code: kpt
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | glottal | epiglottal |
stop | b, pʰ | | d, tʰ, tʼ | | | g, kʰ, kʼ | ʔ | |
trill | | | r | | | | | ʢ, ʜ |
fricative | | | z, s | ʒ, ʃ | | ɣ, x | h | |
affricate | | | tsʰ, tsʼ | tʃʰ, tʃʼ, dʒ | | | | |
lateral fricative | | | ɬ | | | | | |
lateral affricate | | | tɬʼ | | | | | |
nasal | m | | n | | | | | |
approximant | | w | | | j | | | |
lateral approximant | | | l | | | | | |
Long series
| alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular |
fricative | sː | ʃː | çː | xː | |
affricate | tsːʰ, tsːʼ | tʃːʰ, tʃːʼ | | kxːʰ, kxːʼ | qχːʰ, qχːʼ |
lateral fricative | ɬː | | | | |
lateral affricate | tɬːʰ, tɬːʼ | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i | | u |
close-mid | e̞ | | o̞ |
open | | ä | |
Short nasalised series
| front | central | back |
close | ĩ̞ | | ũ |
close-mid | ẽ̞ | | õ̞ |
open | | ä̃ | |
Source: მაჰომედბეკოვა, ზ. 1971. კარატული ენა. გრამატიკული ანალიზი, ტექსტები, ლექსიკონი. თბილისი
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)