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Kalmyk (Standard)
Phylum: Mongolic
Genus: Oirat-Khalkha
Lat/lon: 46.3, 44.3
ISO code: xal
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | retroflex | palatal | velar |
| stop | b, p | | d̪, t̪ | | | | g, k |
| trill | | | | r | | | |
| fricative | | v, f | s̪ | z | ʐ, ʂ | | ɣ, x |
| affricate | | | t̪s̪ | | ɖʐ, ʈʂ | | |
| nasal | m | | n̪ | | | | ŋ |
| approximant | | | | | | j | |
| lateral approximant | | | l̪ | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| close | y | | |
| near-close | ɪ | | ʊ |
| close-mid | e̞, ø̞̜ | | o̞ |
| near-open | | ɐ | |
| open | | a | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
| close | iː, yː | | uː |
| close-mid | e̞ː, ø̞̜ː | | o̞ː |
| open | | äː, aː | |
Source: Санжеев, Г.Д. 1940. Грамматика калмыцкого языка. Москва/Ленинград: Издательство Академии наук СССР
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)