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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
fricatives̻ʁħ
affricatecç, ɟʝ
nasalmn̺ɲŋ
approximantj

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ̺

Short nasalised series

palatal
approximantj̃

Vowels

Basic short series

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

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yːɨːuː
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)