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Upper Sorbian

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Slavic

Lat/lon: 51.2, 14.4

ISO code: hsb

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopb, pt̪, d̪k, g, kʰ
trillr
fricativev, fs̪, z̪ʃ, ʒxh
affricatet̪s̪tʃ, dʒ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short palatalised series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolar
stopbʲ, pʲ
trill
fricativez̪ʲ
affricatet̪s̪ʲ
nasal
approximant
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, i̯ɨ̞u
open-midɔ
near-openæ
open

Diphthongs

/uo/, /i̯e/

Source: Ермакова, М.И. 1973. Очерк грамматики верхнелужицкого литературного языка. Морфология. Москва: Наука; Šewc-Schuster, Hinc. 1984. Gramatika hornjo-serbskeje rěče, Budyšin: Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowin

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