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Rushani

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Iranic

Lat/lon: 38.071034, 72.137172

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvular
stopp, bt, dk, gq
trillr
fricativef, vθ, ðs, zʃ, ʒx, ɣχ, ʁ
affricatets, dztʃ, dʒ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
near-closeʊ
close-mido
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit syllabic templates

CV, CVC, CVCC, V, VC

Source: Edelman Dž. I., Sh. P. Yusufbekov, Rushanskiy yazyk. In Rastorgueva V., Dž. I. Edel'man, and V. V. Moškalo. 1999. Vostočnoiranskie Yazyki. (Yazyki Mira: Iranskie Yazyki, III.) Moscow: Indrik.

Comments: The statements on the possibility of initial clusters are contradictory. On the one hand, ‘Words and morphemes cannot start with CC-’. On the other hand, breaking up of initial clusters in inherited words and loan-words is ‘optional’.

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)