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Khinalugh

Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Ungrouped

Lat/lon: 41.182143, 48.129267

ISO code: kjj

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottal
stoppʰ, p, pʼ, b, bʼtʰ, t, tʼ, dcʰ, c, cʼ, ɟkʰ, k, kʼ, gqʔ
trillr
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒçx, ɣχ, ʁħ, ʕh
affricatetsʰ, ts, tsʼtʃʰ, tʃ, tʃʼ, dʒkxqχ, qχʼ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Long series

bilabialalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvular
stop
affricatetsːtʃː
nasal
lateral approximant

Short palatalised series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolar
stoppʲʰ, pʲ, pʲʼtʲʰ, tʲ, tʲʼ, dʲ
trill
fricativefʲ, vʲsʲ, zʲ
nasal
lateral approximant

Long palatalised series

labio-dentalalveolar
stoptʲː
fricativevʲː
lateral approximantlʲː

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closei, yu, ɯ
close-mide
near-openæ
openɑ

Licit initial clusters

stop/affricate+fricative/liquid

Licit finals

sonant+C

Source: Кибрик А.Е., Коздасов С.В., Оловянникова И.П. 1972. Фрагменты грамматики хиналугского языка. Москва: Издательство Московского университета.

Comments: /ø/ is found only in borrowings from Azeri. Palatals are treated as palatalised velars for the sake of simplicity of description.

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)