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Sakha (Standard)

Phylum: Turkic

Genus: Siberian

Lat/lon: 62.0, 130.0

ISO code: sah

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabialalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngeal
stopp, bt̺, d̺k, gq
trillr
fricativeʁħ
affricatecç, ɟʝ
nasalmɲŋ
approximantj

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ̺

Short nasalised series

palatal
approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪ, ʏ, ɪ̈ʊ
open-midɛ, œɔ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yːɨː
open-midɛː, œːɔː
openɑː

Diphthongs

/ie/, /ɨɛ/, /yø/, /uɔ/

Licit initial clusters

Licit finals

j, k, l̺, m, n̺, ŋ, p, r, s̻, q, rt̺, ɫ̺t̺, ɫ̺k, mp, ŋk

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Tolkov, Igor. 2011. Phonetics of Sakha. University of Washington (http://igor.tolkov.com/essays/ling450paper.pdf)

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