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Kabardian (Ulyap)
Phylum: Northwest Caucasian
Genus: Circassian
Lat/lon: 45.05, 39.95
ISO code: kbd
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | hissing-hushing | alveolo-palatal | palatal | velar | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal |
stop | b, p, pʼ | | | d, t, tʼ | | | | | kʼ | q, qʼ | | ʔ |
trill | | | | r | | | | | | | | |
fricative | | | v, f, fʼ | z, s | ʒ, ʃ | ẑ, ŝ, ŝʼ | ʑ, ɕ | | ɣ, x | ʁ, χ | ħ | |
affricate | | | | dz, ts, tsʼ | tʃ, tʃʼ | | dʑ, tɕ, tɕʼ | | | | | |
lateral fricative | | | | ɬ, ɬʼ | | | | | | | | |
nasal | m | | | n | | | | | | | | |
approximant | | w | | | | | | j | | | | |
lateral approximant | | | | l | | | | | | | | |
Short labialised series
| alveolar | velar | uvular | glottal |
stop | tʼʷ | ɡʷ, kʷ, kʼʷ | qʷ, qʼʷ | ʔʷ |
fricative | zʷ | xʷ | ʁʷ, χʷ | |
affricate | tsʼʷ | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| central | back |
close-mid | | o̞ |
mid | ə | |
open | ä | |
Long series
| front | back |
close | iː | uː |
close-mid | e̞ː | o̞ː |
open | | ɑː |
Source: Мороз, Г.А. 2012. Консонантная система уляпского говора в сопоставлении с аналогами других диалектов адыгских языков. Москва: Высшая школа экономики (http://www.hse.ru/data/2014/02/11/1327605680/2012%20%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F%20%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%20%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE..%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%85%20%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85%20%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2.pdf)
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)