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Georgian

Phylum: Kartvelian

Genus: Karto-Zan

Lat/lon: 41.7, 44.8

ISO code: kat

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarvelaruvularglottal
stoppʰ, pʼ, bt̪ʰ, t̪ʼ, d̪kʰ, kʼ, g
tapɾ
fricatives, zʃ, ʒχ, ʁh
affricatets, dz, tsʼtʃ, dʒ, tʃʼqχʼ
nasalm
approximantʋ

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closeiu
open-midɛɔ
openɑ

Source: Aronson, Howard I. 1990. Georgian: a reading grammar (second ed.), Columbus, OH: Slavica.

Comments: There are virtually no restrictions on the consonant clusters. /qχʼ/ might be /qʼ/ or /χʼ/. /ɫ/ might be plain (non-velarized) when adjacent to front vowels.

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