Phylum: Kartvelian

Genus: Karto-Zan

Lat/lon: 41.35, 41.31

ISO code: lzz

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-dental	dental	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal
stop	pʰ, pʼ, b		t̪ʰ, t̪ʼ, d̪				kʰ, kʼ, g
tap				ɾ
fricative		v, f		s, z	ʃ, ʒ			χ, ʁ	h
affricate				ts, tsʼ, dz	tʃ, tʃʼ, dʒ
nasal	m		n̪
approximant						j
lateral approximant				l

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i, y		u
open-mid	ɛ, œ		ɔ
open		a

Licit initial clusters

ʁn̪, tʃχ, tsχ, dzʁ, tʃv, tʃkʰ, dʒg, tsʼkʼ, χv, sv, ʃv, skʰ, ʃkʰ, st̪ʰ, zd̪, n̪dʒ, n̪̥tʃ, n̪̥tʃʼ, n̪̥ts, n̪̥tsʼ, mdʒ, m̥tʃʼ, m̥s, m̥χ, mz, mʒ, mʁ, n̪d̪, n̪̥t̪ʰ, n̪̥t̪ʼ, ŋg, ŋ̊kʼ, ŋ̊kʰ, mb, m̥pʰ, m̥pʼ, m̥t̪ʼ, m̥t̪ʰ, mg, m̥kʼ, ktʃ, kts, gz, gv, kʰv, kʼv, kʰs, gn̪, t̪ʰkʰ, d̪g, kʰt̪ʰ, bg, bɾ, pʼl, tʼɾ, ɾd̪, gj, n̪d̪ʁ, n̪̥t̪ʰχ, n̪̥tʃχ, n̪̥tsχ, ŋgɾ, ŋgj, mdʒv, mʒv, m̥tʃχ, m̥tʃʼkʼ, m̥kʰv, m̥skʰ, m̥sv, m̥ʃkʰ, m̥tsʼkʼ, m̥kʼj, tʃχv, tʃkʰv, tʰkʰv, stʰv, m̥skʰv, m̥tʃχv, pʼtsʼkʼ

Licit finals

ŋkʰ, ms, n̪s, ɾs, ls, ɾt̪ʰ, mt̪ʰ, lt̪ʰ, n̪t̪ʰ, kʰ, t̪ʰ, m, n̪, s, l, ɾ, χ

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)