Phylum: Nakh-Daghestanian

Genus: Avar-Andi

Lat/lon: 42.785123, 46.26135

ISO code: ani

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	alveolar	postalveolar	palatal	velar	uvular	glottal
stop	b, p		d, t, tʼ			g, k, kʼ	ɢ	ʔ
trill			r
fricative			z, s	ʒ, ʃ			ʁ, χ	h
affricate			ts, tsʼ	dʒ, tʃ, tʃʼ
lateral fricative			ɬ
nasal	m		n
approximant		w			j
lateral approximant			l

Long series

	bilabial	alveolar	postalveolar	velar	uvular
stop	bː	dː		gː, kː, kʼː	qː, qʼː
fricative		sː	ʃː	xː	χː
affricate		tsː, tsʼː	dʒː, tʃː, tʃʼː
lateral fricative		ɬː
lateral affricate		tɬː, tɬʼː

Short labialised series

	velar	uvular
stop	gʷ, kʷ, kʼʷ	ɢʷ
fricative		ʁʷ, χʷ

Long labialised series

	velar	uvular
stop	gːʷ, kːʷ, kʼːʷ	qːʷ, qʼːʷ
fricative	xːʷ	χːʷ

Short nasalised series

	glottal
stop	ʔ̃
fricative	h̃

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	central	back
close	i		u
close-mid	e		o
open		a

Tones

55, 11, 15, 51

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

N, L, b

Licit syllabic templates

CV(C)