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Tsez (Asax)
Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian
Genus: Tsezic
Lat/lon: 42.15053, 46.033318
ISO code: ddo
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal | epiglottal |
| stop | p, b, pʼ | | t̪, d̪, t̪ʼ | | | | k, g, kʼ | q, qʼ | | ʡ |
| trill | | | r̪ | | | | | | | ʜ |
| fricative | | | | s, z | ʃ, ʒ | | | χ, ʁ | h | |
| affricate | | | | ts, tsʼ | tʃ, tʃʼ | | | | | |
| lateral fricative | | | | ɬ | | | | | | |
| lateral affricate | | | | t̪ɬ, t̪ɬʼ | | | | | | |
| nasal | m | | n̪ | | | | | | | |
| approximant | | w | | | | j | | | | |
| lateral approximant | | | | l | | | | | | |
Short pharyngealised series
| uvular |
| stop | qˤ, qˤʼ |
| fricative | ʁˤ |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| close | i | | u |
| close-mid | e | | o |
| open | | a | |
Long series
Source: Maddieson, Ian; Ramazan Rajabov; and Aaron Sonnenschein. 1996. The main features of Tsez phonetics. UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics 93.94–110.
Comments: /ʡ/ and /ʜ/ are called ‘pharyngeals’ in the paper.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)