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Livonian (Vidzeme)

Phylum: Uralic

Genus: Finnic

Lat/lon: 57.7, 22.5

ISO code: liv

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bt̺, d̺c, ɟk, g
trillr
fricativef, vs̺, z̺ʃ, ʒh
nasalmɲ
approximantj
lateral approximantʎ

Short palatalised series

alveolar
trill

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɨu
near-closeʊ̜
close-mido
open-midɛ
near-openæ
openɑ

Tones

341ʕ

Licit initial clusters

pr, br, t̺r, d̺r, kr, gr, s̺t̺r, z̺n̺, kn̺

Licit finals

p, t̺, tʲ, k, g, s̺, ʃ, v, m, n̺, nʲ, l̺, lʲ, r, rʲ, j, b̥, d̺̥, d̥ʲ, z̥, ʒ̊, g̊

Licit syllabic templates

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

Source: Moseley, Christopher. 2002. Livonian. Languages of the World/Materials 144. Lincom Europa

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