bilabial | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal | |
stop | b, p, pʰ | d, t, tʰ | g, k, kʰ | |||||
trill | r | |||||||
tap | ɾ | |||||||
fricative | v, f | z, s | ʒ, ʃ | ʁ, χ | h | |||
affricate | dz, ts, tsʰ | dʒ, tʃ, tʃʰ | ||||||
nasal | m | n | ||||||
approximant | ʋ | j | ||||||
lateral approximant | l |
front | central | back | |
close | i | u | |
mid | ə | ||
open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
open | ɑ |
Source: Dum-Tragut, Jasmine. Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. John Benjamins Publishing, 2009.
Comments: “Glottalised plosives occur in various Armenian dialects and can also be found in the Eastern Armenian vernacular based on the Yerevan dialect, but according to normative grammars, S[tandard] M[odern] E[eastern] A[rmenian] shows no glottalised voiceless plosives” (p. 17–18). The language shows complex patterns of initial (and to some extent final) clusters, but they are always broken up by epenthetic vowels. CCVCC seems to be the most complex structure allowed.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)