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Karelian (North)

Phylum: Uralic

Genus: Finnic

Lat/lon: 65.9, 31.8

ISO code: krl

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stoppk
trillr
fricativevh
affricate
nasalm
approximantj
lateral approximant

Short palatalised series

alveolar
stop
fricative
nasal
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closei, yu
close-mide̞, ø̞
near-openæ
openɑ

Diphthongs

/ie̞/, /uo̞/, /yø̞/, /yæ/, /iæ/, /uɑ/

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)(C), s̪CV(C)(C), CLV(C)(C), CNV(C)(C)

Source: Зайков, П.М. 1999. Грамматика карельского языка (фонетика и морфология). Петрозаводск: Периодика

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