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Ingush
Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian
Genus: Nakh
Lat/lon: 43.2, 44.8
ISO code: inh
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal | epiglottal |
stop | pʰ, pʼ, b | | t̪ʰ, t̪ʼ, d̪ | | | | kʰ, kʼ, g | qʰ, qʼ | ʔ | ʡ |
trill | | | | r̺̥ | | | | | | ʜ |
tap | | | | ɾ̺ | | | | | | |
fricative | | f, v | | s, z | ʃ, ʒ | | x̠ | ʁ | h | |
affricate | | | | tsʰ, tsʼ | tʃʰ, tʃʼ | | | | | |
nasal | m | | | n | | | | | | |
approximant | | | | | | j | | | | |
lateral approximant | | | l̪ | | | | | | | |
Long series
| dental | alveolar | uvular |
stop | t̪ː | | qː |
fricative | | sː | |
Short palatalised series
Short pharyngealised series
| bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar |
stop | pʰˤ, bˤ | | t̪ʼˤ, t̪ʰˤ, d̪ˤ | | |
fricative | | vˤ | | zˤ | ʒˤ |
affricate | | | | tsʰˤ | tʃʼˤ, tʃʰˤ |
nasal | mˤ | | | nˤ | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | i | ɨ | u |
near-close | ɪ | | ʊ |
close-mid | | | o |
open-mid | ɛ | | ʌ |
near-open | æ | | |
open | | a | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
close | iː | | uː |
open | | aː | |
Diphthongs
/iːɛ/, /uːʌ/, /ɛ̯æː/, /ɔaː/
Tones
351
Source: Nichols, Johanna. 2011. Ingush grammar. Berkeley • Los Angeles • London: University of California Press
Comments: For some speakers /ɔa/ is also phonemic.
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)