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Tundra Nenets (Central-Eastern)
Phylum: Uralic
Genus: Samoyed
Lat/lon: 67.1, 59.3
ISO code: yrk
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | palatal | velar | glottal |
| stop | p, b | | | t | | k | ʔ |
| trill | | | | r | | | |
| fricative | | | ð | s | | x | |
| affricate | | | | ts | | | |
| nasal | m | | | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| approximant | | w | | | j | | |
| lateral approximant | | | | l | ʎ | | |
Short palatalised series
| bilabial | alveolar |
| stop | pʲ, bʲ | tʲ, dʲ |
| trill | | rʲ |
| fricative | | sʲ |
| affricate | | tsʲ |
| nasal | mʲ | |
Vowels
Basic short series
Long series
| front | central | back |
| close | | ɨː | uː |
| close-mid | | | oː, ɤː |
| near-open | æː | | |
| open | | | ɑː |
Licit initial clusters
ŋr
Source: Salminen, Tapani. 1998. Nenets. The Uralic languages, 516–547. Ed.: Daniel Abondolo. London & New York: Routledge
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)