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Udmurt (Standard)

Phylum: Uralic

Genus: Permic

Lat/lon: 56.8, 53.2

ISO code: udm

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelar
stopp, bt̻, d̻c, ɟk, g
trillr
fricativev, fs̻, z̻ʂ, ʐɕ, ʑx
affricatet̻s̻ʈʂ, ɖʐtɕ, dʑ
nasalmɲ̟
approximantj
lateral approximantʎ̟

Short velarised series

alveolar
lateral approximantɫ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontback
closeiɯ̟, u
close-mido̞, ɤ̟̹
open-midɛ̠
openɑ

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Перевощиков, П.Н. (ed.) 1962. Грамматика современного удмуртского языка. Фонетика и морфология. Ижевск: Удмуртское книжное издательство

Comments: /t̻s̻/, /f/, /x/ are restricted to recent borrowings. Dentals are actually denti-alveolar.

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