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Kabardian (Ulyap)

Phylum: Northwest Caucasian

Genus: Circassian

Lat/lon: 45.05, 39.95

ISO code: kbd

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarhissing-hushingalveolo-palatalpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopb, p, pʼd, t, tʼkʼq, qʼʔ
trillr
fricativev, f, fʼz, sʒ, ʃẑ, ŝ, ŝʼʑ, ɕɣ, xʁ, χħ
affricatedz, ts, tsʼtʃ, tʃʼdʑ, tɕ, tɕʼ
lateral fricativeɬ, ɬʼ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short labialised series

alveolarvelaruvularglottal
stoptʼʷɡʷ, kʷ, kʼʷqʷ, qʼʷʔʷ
fricativezʷxʷʁʷ, χʷ
affricatetsʼʷ

Vowels

Basic short series

centralback
close-mido̞
midə
openä

Long series

frontback
closeiːuː
close-mide̞ːo̞ː
openɑː

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)