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Iron Ossetic (Alagir)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Iranic

Lat/lon: 43.04, 44.22

ISO code: oss

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvular
stoppʰ, p, b̥, pʼt̺ʰ, t̺, d̺̥, t̺ʼkʰ, k, g̊, kʼq
trill
fricativef, vʃ, ʒχ, ʁ
affricatet̺s̺ʰ, t̺s̺, d̺̥z̺̥, t̺s̺ʼtʃ, tʃʰ, d̥ʒ̥, tʃʼ
nasalm
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɨ̆u
close-mid
near-openɐ̹̆
openɑ

Source: Testen, David. 1997. Ossetic phonology. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 707–731. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns; Бекоев, Д.Г. 1985. Иронский диалект осетинского языка. Цхинвали: Издательство "Ирыстон".

Comments: /kʰʷ/, /kʷ/, /g̊ʷ/, /kʼʷ/, /qʷ/, /χʷ/, /ʁʷ/ are found uphill.

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