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Archi

Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Lezgic

Lat/lon: 42.240031, 46.833793

ISO code: aqc

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottalepiglottal
stopb, pʰ, p’d, tʰ, t’kʟ̥̝, kʟ̥̝’, g, kʰ, k’ʔʡ
trillrʜ
fricativez, sʒ, ʃʁ, χh
affricatets, ts’tʃ, tʃ’qχ, qχ’
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantlʟ̝, ʟ̥̝

Long series

bilabialalveolarpostalveolarvelaruvular
stop
fricativeʃːχː
affricatets’ːtʃ’ːqχ’ː
lateral approximantʟ̥̝ː

Short labialised series

alveolarpostalveolarvelaruvular
stopdʷ, tʷʰkʟ̥̝ʷ, kʟ̥̝ʷ’, gʷ, kʷʰ, kʷ’
fricativezʷ, sʷʒʷ, ʃʷʁʷ, χʷ
affricatetsʷ, tsʷ’tʃʷ, tʃʷ’qχʷ, qχʷ’
lateral approximantʟ̥̝ʷ

Long labialised series

alveolarpostalveolarvelaruvular
stopkʷː
fricativesʷːʃʷːχʷː
lateral approximantʟ̥̝ʷː

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

NC

Licit syllabic templates

CV, CVC, CVNC

Source: Kibrik, A. E.; S. V. Kodzasov.; I. P. Olovjannikova.; and D. S. Samedov. 1977. Opyt strukturnogo opisanija archinskogo jazyka. Vol. 1. Izdatelstvo Moskovskogo universiteta.

Comments: N — sonorant. Voiced plosives sometimes lose voicing. Pharyngealisation is postulated as a prosody.

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