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Shor

Phylum: Turkic

Genus: Siberian

Lat/lon: 53.058381, 88.014557

ISO code: cjs

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabialdentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelar
stopb, pd̪, t̪c, ɟk, g
trillr
fricativez, sʒ, ʃɣ
affricatedʒ, tʃ
nasalmnɲ
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yɯ, u
close-mide, øo
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yːɯː, uː
close-mideː, øː
open

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Donidze, G.I. 1996. Shorskiy yazyk. Yazyki mira. Tyurkskiye yazyki, ed. by Edgem R. Tenishev, 497–506. Moscow: RAS.

Comments: /ts v f ɕː/ and palatalised coronals are found in Russian loans.

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