bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | |
stop | pʰ, p, b̥, pʼ | t̺ʰ, t̺, d̺̥, t̺ʼ | kʰ, k, g̊, kʼ | q | ||||
trill | r̺ | |||||||
fricative | f, v | ʃ, ʒ | χ, ʁ | |||||
affricate | t̺s̺ʰ, t̺s̺, d̺̥z̺̥, t̺s̺ʼ | tʃ, tʃʰ, d̥ʒ̥, tʃʼ | ||||||
nasal | m | n̺ | ||||||
approximant | w | j | ||||||
lateral approximant | l |
front | central | back | |
close | i | ɨ̆ | u |
close-mid | e̞ | o̞ | |
near-open | ɐ̹̆ | ||
open | ɑ |
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)