Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Northwest

Lat/lon: 37.1, 43.5

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	labio-dental	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	uvular	pharyngeal	glottal
stop	pʰ, b				tʰ, d			kʰ, g	q		ʔ
trill					r
fricative			f, v	θ	s, z	ʃ, ʒ		x, ɣ		ħ, ʕ	h
affricate						tʃ, dʒʰ
nasal	m				n
approximant		w					j
lateral approximant					l

Short pharyngealised series

	bilabial	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	retroflex
stop	pˤ, bˤ		tˤ, dˤ
fricative		ðˤ	sˤ, zˤ
affricate				tʃˤ
nasal	mˤ
approximant					ɻˤ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i		u
close-mid	e	ɵ
mid		ə
near-open		ɐ

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː		uː
close-mid	eː	ɵː
open		aː

Diphthongs

/aɪ/, /aʊ/