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Kamassian
Phylum: Uralic
Genus: Samoyed
Lat/lon: 55.0694491, 94.8239931
ISO code: xas
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolo-palatal | palatal | velar | glottal |
stop | pʰ, b | | t̪ʰ, d̪ | | | kʰ, g | ʔ |
trill | | | r̪ | | | | |
fricative | | | s̪, z̪ | ɕ, ʑ | | x, ɣ | |
affricate | | | | tɕʰ, dʑ | | | |
nasal | m | | n̪ | | | ŋ | |
approximant | | w | | | j | | |
lateral approximant | | | l̪ | | | | |
Short palatalised series
| alveolar |
fricative | sʲ, zʲ |
nasal | nʲ |
lateral approximant | lʲ |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i, y | ɨ | u |
close-mid | e̞, ø̞ | | o̞ |
mid | | ə̆, ə̟̆, ə | |
open | | | ɒ |
Source: Simoncsics, Péter. 1998. Kamassian. The Uralic Languages (ed.: Abondolo, Daniel), 580-601. London: Routledge
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)