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Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji)
Phylum: Indo-European
Genus: Iranic
Lat/lon: 38.0, 43.0
ISO code: kmr
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal | epiglottal |
| stop | b, pʰ | | | d, tʰ | | | g, kʰ | q | | | |
| trill | | | | r | | | | | | | ʢ |
| tap | | | | ɾ | | | | | | | |
| fricative | | | f, v | s, z | ʒ, ʃ | | | χ, ʁ | ħ | h | |
| affricate | | | | | dʒ, tʃʰ | | | | | | |
| nasal | m | | | n | | | | | | | |
| approximant | | w | | | | j | | | | | |
| lateral approximant | | | | l | | | | | | | |
Short pharyngealised series
| alveolar | postalveolar | velar |
| stop | tˤ | | kˤ |
| affricate | | tʃˤ | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | back |
| close | i | u |
| near-close | ɪ | ʊ |
| close-mid | e | o |
| near-open | æ | |
| open | | ɑ |
Source: Thackston, W.M. 2006. Kurmanji Kurdish. A reference grammar with selected readings. Harvard University
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)