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Avar (Chadakolob)

Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Avar-Andi

Lat/lon: 42.191, 46.32

ISO code: ava

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularglottalepiglottal
stopb, pʰ, pʼd, tʰ, tʼg, kʰ, kʼqʰ, qʼʔ
trillrʢ, ʜ
fricativez, sʒ, ʃxʁ, χh
affricatetsʰ, tsʼtʃʰ, tʃʼ
lateral fricativeɬ
lateral affricatetɬʰ, tɬʼ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short labialised series

alveolarpostalveolarvelaruvularglottalepiglottal
stoptʰʷ, tʼʷgʷ, kʰʷ, kʼʷqʰʷ, qʼʷ
trillʢʷ, ʜʷ
fricativezʷ, sʷʒʷ, ʃʷʁʷ, χʷ
affricatetsʰʷ, tsʼʷtʃʰʷ, tʃʼʷ
lateral fricativeɬʷ
lateral affricatetɬʰʷ, tɬʼʷ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
opena

Tones

55, 11, 15, 51

Licit syllabic templates

CV, CVC, CVRT

Source: Кибрик, А. Е.; и С. В. Кодзасов. 1990. Сопоставительное изучение дагестанских языков. Имя. Фонетика. Москва: МГУ.

Comments: The tones contrast only in the stressed syllable.

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