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Iron Ossetic (Upper Alagir)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Iranic

Lat/lon: 42.65, 44.13

ISO code: oss

Consonants

Basic short series

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

Short labialised series

velaruvular
stopkʰʷ, kʷ, g̊ʷ, kʼʷ
fricativeχʷ, ʁʷ

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".

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