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Tundra Yukaghir

Phylum: Yukaghir

Genus: Ungrouped

Lat/lon: 69.2, 154.4

ISO code: ykg

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvular
stopp, bt, dk, gq
trillr
fricativesʁ
affricatetʃ, dʒ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantlʎ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiʉu
midə
open-midɛ̠, œ̠ɞ̠
openä̠

Long series

frontcentral
closeʉː
midəː
open-midɛ̠ː, œ̠ːɞ̠ː
openä̠ː

Diphthongs

/iɛ̠/, /ʉɞ̠/, /ʉœ̠/, /ɨä̠/

Source: Maslova, Elena. 2003. Tundra Yukaghir. Munich: Lincom; Мудрак, Олег. 2010. [Рецензия] Irina Nikolaeva. A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir. 2006. Вопросы языкового родства, № 3, 164-173

Comments: [ɢ] is an allophone of /ʁ/ occuring after /ŋ/. /u/ has a highly marginal status.

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)