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Alqosh Neo-Aramaic
Phylum: Semitic
Genus: Northwest
Lat/lon: 36.733622, 43.097413
ISO code: cld
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal |
stop | p, b | | | | t, d | | | k, g | q | | ʔ |
trill | | | | | r | | | | | | |
fricative | | | f, v | θ, ð | s, z | ʃ | | x, ɣ | | ħ, ʕ | h |
affricate | | | | | | tʃ, dʒ | | | | | |
nasal | m | | | | n | | | | | | |
approximant | | w | | | | | j | | | | |
lateral approximant | | | | | l | | | | | | |
Short pharyngealised series
| dental | alveolar | postalveolar |
stop | | tˤ | |
trill | | rˤ | |
fricative | ðˤ | sˤ, zˤ | |
affricate | | | tʃˤ |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
close | | | u |
close-mid | e | | |
open | | a | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
close | iː | | uː |
close-mid | eː | ɵː | |
open-mid | ɛː | | |
open | | aː | |
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)