EURPhon: Burushaski (Nagar)

Phylum: Isolate

Genus: Ungrouped

Lat/lon: 36.27, 74.73

ISO code: bsk

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	labio-dental	alveolar	retroflex	alveolo-palatal	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b			t, tʰ, d	ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ			k, kʰ, g	q, qʰ, ɢ
trill				r
fricative			f	z, s	ʂ	ɕ		x		h
affricate				ts, tsʰ	ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ	tɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
nasal	m			n				ŋ
approximant		w					j
lateral approximant				l

Short palatalised series

	retroflex
fricative	ʐʲ

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	back
close	i	u
close-mid		o
open-mid	ɛ	ʌ
near-open	æ

Long series

	front	central	back
close	iː		uː
close-mid			oː
open-mid	ɛː
open		äː

Short nasalised series

	front	back
close	ĩ	ũ
close-mid		õ
open-mid	ɛ̃	ʌ̃

Long nasalised series

	front	central	back
close	ĩː		ũː
close-mid			õː
open-mid	ɛ̃ː
open		ä̃ː

Source: Anderson, Gregory D.S. 1997. Burushaski phonology. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 1021–1041. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.