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Hinuq

Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Tsezic

Lat/lon: 42.175646, 45.989282

ISO code: gin

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelaruvularpharyngealglottalepiglottal
stopp, p’, bt̪, t̪’, d̪k, k’, gq, q’ʔʡ
trill
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒχ, ʁħh
affricatets, ts’tʃ, tʃ’
lateral fricativeɬ
lateral affricatetɬ, tɬ’
nasalm
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Short labialised series

velaruvular
stopkʷ, k’ʷ, gʷqʷ, q’ʷ
fricativeχʷ, ʁʷ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪ, ʏʊ
open-midɛɔ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪː, ʏːʊː
open-midɛːɔː
open

Short pharyngealised series

frontcentral
open-midɛˤ
open

Diphthongs

/ʊɪ/, /aɪ/, /ɔɪ/, /ɛɪ/, /aʊ/, /ɔʊ/

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

jC

Licit syllabic templates

CV(ː/j)C

Source: Forker, Diana. A Grammar of Hinuq. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2013.

Comments: Labialised segments are not encountered word finally. Plain voiceless consonants show slight aspiration and pre-aspiration.

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