Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Northwest

Lat/lon: 37.107349, 43.491099

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

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

Short pharyngealised series

	bilabial	alveolar	postalveolar
stop	pˤ	tˤ
trill		rˤ
fricative		sˤ
affricate			tʃˤ
nasal	mˤ
lateral approximant		lˤ

Vowels

Basic short series

	central	back
close		u
close-mid		o
mid	ə
open	a

Long series

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

Diphthongs

/ej/, /aw/

Licit syllabic templates

CV, CCV, CVC, CCVC