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Gheg Albanian (North-Eastern)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Albanian

Lat/lon: 42.7, 21.3

ISO code: aln

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bt̪, d̪k, g
trillr
tapɾ
fricativef, vθ, ðs, zʃ, ʒh
affricatets, dztʃ, dʒ
nasalmnŋ
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Short velarised series

dental
lateral approximantɫ̪

Vowels

Basic short series

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closei, yu
close-mideo
open

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩ, ỹ
close-mid
openä̃

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
openäː

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(N)(C)(L)V(C)(C)

Source: Klippenstein, Rachel. 2010. Word-initial consonant clusters in Albanian. OSUWPL Vol. 59, pp. 10–32. Ohio State University, Department of Linguistics; Camaj, Martin. 1984. Albanian grammar: with exercises, chrestomathy and glossaries. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz; Friedman, Victor A. Studies on Albanian and Other Balkan Language. Peja: Dukagjini. 2004.

Comments: Long nasal vowels might still be phonemic.

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