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Udmurt (Udmurt Tašly)

Phylum: Uralic

Genus: Permic

Lat/lon: 54.3, 53.1

ISO code: udm

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelar
stopp, bt̻, d̻c̟, ɟ̟k, g
trillr
fricativef, vs̻, z̻ʂ, ʐɕ, ʑx
affricatet̻s̻̪tʃ, dʒ
nasalmɲ̟ŋ
approximantj
lateral approximantʎ̟

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiʉu, ɯ̽
close-midɵ̞
open-midɛ
openɑ

Source: Тараканов, И.В. 1959. Фонетические особенности бавлинского диалекта удмуртского языка (в свете экспериментальных данных). Тарту: Тартуский государственный университет.

Comments: [e̞] is an allophone of /ɛ/ word-medially if preceded by a vowel (except /ʉ/) or a palatal; /f/ and /t̻s̻/ are restricted to recent borrowings; /j/ is [i̯] in coda position.

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