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Alqosh Neo-Aramaic

Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Northwest

Lat/lon: 36.733622, 43.097413

ISO code: cld

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopp, bt, dk, gqʔ
trillr
fricativef, vθ, ðs, zʃx, ɣħ, ʕh
affricatetʃ, dʒ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short pharyngealised series

dentalalveolarpostalveolar
stoptˤ
trillrˤ
fricativeðˤsˤ, zˤ
affricatetʃˤ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeu
close-mide
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiːuː
close-mideːɵː
open-midɛː
openaː

Licit syllabic templates

(C)CV(C)

Source: Coghill, Eleanor. 2003. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Alqosh. Ph.D. thesis. University of Cambridge.

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