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Mehweb

Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Dargi

Lat/lon: 42.251979, 47.047631

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopb, p, pʼd, t, tʼg, k, kʼq, qʼʔ
trillr
fricatives, zʃ, ʒɣ, xʁ, χħh
affricatets, tsʼtʃ, tʃʼ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short labialised series

velaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopgʷ, kʷ, kʼʷqʷ, qʼʷʔʷ
fricativeʁʷ, χʷħʷ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mide
opena

Short pharyngealised series

central
open

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Moroz George. 2016. Phonology of Mehweb, in: Mehweb. Selected essays on phonology, morphology and syntax / Ed. by M. Daniel, D. Ganenkov, N. Dobrushina. Berlin : Language Science Press. Ch. 3. P. 22-34.

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