Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Nakh

Lat/lon: 43.12, 46.48

ISO code: che

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabial

labio-velar

labio-dental

dental

alveolar

postalveolar

palatal

velar

uvular

pharyngeal

glottal

epiglottal

stop

b, pʰ, pʼ

t̪ʰ, t̪ʼ, d̪

kʰ, ɡ, kʼ

qʼ, qʰ

ʔ

trill

ʢ, ʜ

tap

ɾ

fricative

f

s, z

ʒ, ʃ

x

ʁ

ʕ

h

affricate

tsʰ, tsʼ, dz

tʃʰ, tʃʼ, dʒ

nasal

m

approximant

w

j

Long series

	bilabial	dental	alveolar	uvular
stop	pː	t̪ː		qː
fricative			sː

Short velarised series

	dental
lateral approximant	ɫ̪

Short pre-aspirated series

	velar
stop	ʰk

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	y, i̯		u̯
near-close	ɪ		ʊ
close-mid	e̞, ø		o̞
mid		ə
near-open	æ

Long series

	front	back
close	iː, yː	uː
close-mid	øː	o̞ː
near-open	æː
open		ɑː

Short nasalised series

	front	central
close	ỹ
near-close	ɪ̃
mid		ə̃

Diphthongs

/je/, /ie/, /wo/, /woː/, /iẽ/, /iẽː/, /wõ/, /wõː/

Licit initial clusters

Cʢ, Cʜ, pʰx, t̪ʰx