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Kunigami (Nakijin)

Phylum: Japonic

Genus: Ryukyuan

Lat/lon: 26.6825769, 127.972628

ISO code: xug

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stoppʰ, pʼ, bt̺ʰ, t̺ʼ, d̺cʰ, cʼkʰ, kʼ, gʔ
trill
fricatives, zh
nasalm
approximantwj

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mid
open

Source: Curry, Stewart A. 2004. Small linguistics: phonological history and lexical loans in Nakijin dialect Okinawan. University of Hawai'i

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