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Persian (Tehran)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Iranic

Lat/lon: 35.7, 51.4

ISO code: pes

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopb, pʰt̪ʰ, d̪kʰ, gɢʔ
tapɾ
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒxh
affricatetʃʰ, dʒ
nasalm
approximantj
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
close-mid
near-openæ

Long series

frontback
close
openɒː

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Windfuhr, Gernot L. 1997. Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus), volume 1. Editor: Alan S. Kaye. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns; Majidi, Mohammad-Reza.; and Elmar Ternes. 1999. Persian (Farsi). Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: a guide to the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, 123–124. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)