Phylum: Semitic
Genus: Northwest
Lat/lon: 36.1974138, 42.8878758
ISO code:
| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal | |
| stop | b, pʰ | tʰ, d | kʰ, g | q | ʔ | |||||
| trill | r | |||||||||
| fricative | f | s, z | ʃ, ʒ | x, ɣ | ʕ, ħ | h | ||||
| affricate | tʃʰ, dʒ | |||||||||
| nasal | m | n | ||||||||
| approximant | w | j | ||||||||
| lateral approximant | l |
| alveolar | |
| stop | tˤ, dˤ |
| fricative | sˤ, zˤ |
| front | back | |
| near-close | ɪ | ʊ |
| close-mid | e | |
| open-mid | ɔ | |
| near-open | æ |
| front | |
| near-open | æː |
CV, CCV, CVC, CCVC, CVCC
Source: Khan, Geoffrey. 1999. A Grammar of Neo-Aramaic. The Dialect of the Jews of Arbel. Brill.
Comments: [tʃʰ] and [dʒ] are in variation with [tsʰ] and [dz] in the speech of some informants. [x] and [ɣ] alternate with [χ] and [ʁ] respectively. Initial clusters starting with a sibilant or ending with /l, r, m, n, j/ are less amenable to be broken up by an epenthetic vowel.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)