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Modern Aramaic (Northeastern)

Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Northwest

Lat/lon: 37.15, 42.683333

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopp, bt, dk, gqʔ
trillr
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒx, ɣʕ, ħh
affricatetʃ, dʒ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short pharyngealised series

bilabialalveolarpostalveolar
stoppˤ, bˤtˤ, dˤ
trillrˤ
fricativesˤ, zˤ
affricatetʃˤ
nasalmˤ
lateral approximantlˤ

Vowels

Basic short series

central
closeɨ, ʉ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiːuː
close-mideːoː
openaː

Licit initial clusters

CC

Licit syllabic templates

(C)CV(C)

Source: Hoberman, Robert D. Modern Aramaic Phonology. 1997. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 313–335. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)