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Sarikoli

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Iranic

Lat/lon: 37.7666, 75.216

ISO code: srh

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
closeiɨu
close-mideo
midə
opena

Diphthongs

/ɛj/, /ɛw/

Licit syllabic templates

VC, CV, CVC, VCC, CVCC

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

Comments: Only the ‘dominant’ syllable types are given in the description.

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