Phylum: Northwest Caucasian

Genus: Abkhaz-Abaza

Lat/lon: 43.1, 40.6

ISO code: abk

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	labio-dental	alveolar	postalveolar	hissing-hushing	retroflex	palatal	velar	uvular	pharyngeal
stop	pʰ, b, pʼ			tʰ, d, tʼ					kʰ, g, kʼ	qʼ
trill				r
fricative			f, v	s, z	ʃ, ʒ	ŝ, ẑ	ʂ, ʐ			ʁ, χ	ħ
affricate				tsʰ, dz, tsʼ	tʃʰ, dʒ, tʃʼ	tŝʰ, dẑ, tŝʼ	ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ, ʈʂʼ
nasal	m			n
approximant		w						j
lateral approximant				l

Short labialised series

	alveolar	postalveolar	hissing-hushing	velar	uvular	pharyngeal
stop	tʷʰ, dʷ, tʷʼ			kʷʰ, gʷ, kʷʼ	qʷʼ
fricative		ʃʷ, ʒʷ	ŝʷ, ẑʷ		ʁʷ, χʷ	ħʷ
affricate			tŝʷʰ, dẑʷ, tŝʷʼ

Short palatalised series

	velar	uvular
stop	kʲʰ, gʲ, kʲʼ	qʲʼ
fricative		ʁʲ, χʲ

Short pharyngealised series

	labio-palatal	uvular
fricative		χˤ
approximant	ɥˤ

Short labialised pharyngealised series

	uvular
fricative	χˤʷ

Vowels

Basic short series

	central
close	ɨ
open	ä

Long series

	central
open	äː