Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Nakh

Lat/lon: 43.12, 45.73

ISO code: che

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	labio-dental	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal	epiglottal
stop	b, pʰ, pʼ			t̪ʰ, t̪ʼ, d̪				kʰ, ɡ, kʼ	qʼ, qʰ	ʔ
trill											ʢ, ʜ
tap					ɾ, ɾ̥
fricative			f		s, z	ʒ, ʃ		x	ʁ	h
affricate					tsʰ, tsʼ, dz	tʃʰ, tʃʼ, dʒ
nasal	m
approximant		w					j

Long series

	bilabial	dental	alveolar	uvular
stop	pː	t̪ː		qː
fricative			sː

Short velarised series

	dental
lateral approximant	ɫ̪

Short pre-aspirated series

	velar
stop	ʰk

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	y
near-close	ɪ		ʊ
close-mid	e̞, ø		o̞
mid		ə

Long series

	front	back
close	iː, yː	uː
close-mid	e̞ː, øː	o̞ː
open		ɑː

Short nasalised series

	front	central	back
near-close	ɪ̃		ʊ̃
mid		ə̃

Long nasalised series

	front	back
close	ĩː	ũː
close-mid	ẽ̞ː
open		ɑ̃ː

Diphthongs

/je/, /ie/, /y̯ø/, /yø/, /wo/, /woː/, /jẽ/, /iẽ/, /wõ/, /wõː/

Licit initial clusters

st̪, pʰx, t̪ʰx, mʢ, bʢ, pʜ, pːʜ, wʢ, t̪ʜ, t̪ːʜ, d̪ʢ, tsʜ, sːʜ, dzʢ, sʜ, zʢ, ɾʢ, ɫ̪ʢ, tʃʜ, dʒʢ, ʒʢ, ʃʜ, jʢ

Licit syllabic templates

CV(C)(C), st̪V(C)(C), pʰxV(C)(C), t̪ʰxV(C)(C), CʢV(C)(C), CʜV(C)(C)