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Kumyk

Phylum: Turkic

Genus: Qypchaq

Lat/lon: 43.0, 47.0

ISO code: kum

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopb, pd, tgq
trillr
fricativefz, sʒ, ʃʁʕh
affricatets
nasalmnŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yɨu
open-midɛ, œɔ
opena

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)(C)(C)

Source: Doniyorova, Saodat. 2004. Parlons koumyk. Paris/Budapest/Torino: L'Harmattan

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