Phylum: Uralic

Genus: Finnic

Lat/lon: 60.5, 35.6

ISO code: vep

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, b		t, d		c, ɟ	k, g
trill			r
fricative		f, v	s, z	ʃ, ʒ			h
affricate			ts	tʃ, dʒ
nasal	m		n
approximant					j

Short palatalised series

	bilabial	labio-dental	alveolar	glottal
stop	pʲ		tʲ, dʲ
trill			rʲ
fricative		vʲ	sʲ, zʲ	hʲ
nasal	mʲ		nʲ
lateral approximant			lʲ

Short velarised series

	alveolar
lateral approximant	ɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	y, i	ɨ	u
close-mid	ø̞, e̞		o̞, ɤ̞
near-open	æ
open			ɑ

Licit initial clusters

pɫ, plʲ, pr, prʲ, tr, trʲ, kn, knʲ, kr, krʲ, klʲ, kɫ, bɫ, blʲ, br, brʲ, dr, dʲ, gr, grʲ, glʲ, hlʲ, hr, hrʲ, gɫ, hɫ, sɫ, slʲ, sp, spʲ, st, stʲ, sk, skʲ, sm, smʲ, sn, snʲ, sv, svʲ, ʂp, ʂpʲ, ʂt, ʂtʲ, ʂk, ʂc, ʂmʲ, ʂlʲ, ʂɫ, zbʲ, zd, zn, zvʲ, tsvʲ, tʃv, spr, str

Licit finals

p, pʲ, b, m, mʲ, t, d, s, z, ts, n, ɫ, tʲ, dʲ, sʲ, zʲ, nʲ, lʲ, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, r, rʲ, k, g, c, h, hʲ pp, pk, ps, psʲ, pʃ, bn, br, blʲ, bɟ, tk, tʲk, dʲgʲ, dts, dv, dn, dnʲ, dr, drʲ, ks, ksʲ, kʃ, ɟɟ, gɫ, gr, st, sk, sʲc, ʃt, ʃk, ʃtʲ, zʲgʲ, zv, zm, zn, zr, ʒlʲ, ʒn, ʒm, ht, hk, hɟ, hb, hv, hm, hn, hɫ, mp, mb, mk, tʃk, mʃ, nt, nd, nz, nh, nʲt, nʲts, nʲdʒ, ŋk, ŋg, ŋgʲ, ŋʲgʲ, ɫɫ, lʲt, lʲk, lʲg, lʲvʲ, lʲm, lʲlʲ, lʲɟ, rb, rp, rʲpʲ, rt, rtʲ, rdʲ, rk, rg, rʲgʲ, rz, rzʲ, rv, rʲvʲ, rh, rm, rʲm, rn, rʃ, brʲ, tt, htʲ, nʲzʲ, rstʲ, rst, str

Licit syllabic templates

(S)CV(C)(C)(C), sCrV(C)(C)(C), CMV(C)(C)(C)