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Lezgian (İsmayıllı)

Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Lezgic

Lat/lon: 40.93, 48.05

ISO code: lez

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stopb, p, pʰ, pʼd, tʰ, t, tʼg, k, kʰ, kʼq, qʰ, qʼ
trillr
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒx, ɣχʕh
affricatets, tsʼ, tsʰtʃ, tʃʰ, tʃʼ, dʒ
nasalmn
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closey, iu, ɯ
open-midɛ, œɔ
near-openæ
openɑ

Source: Smith, Jessica. 2010. Placing İsmayıllı Lezgi among the Lezgi dialects. MA Thesis. University of North Dakota.

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)