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| Selected languages: | Abkhaz |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | |
| The languages has | 53 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [ɨ] [aː] [a] [p] [tʷ] [t] [c] [k] [kʷ] [b] [d] [dʷ] [ɟ] [ɡ] [ɡʷ] [ts] [dz] [tʃ] [ʈʂ] [tsʷ] [dzʷ] [dʒ] [m] [n] [r] [j] [w] [l] [f] [ç] [x] [xʷ] [ħ] [z] [ʒ] [ʒʷ] [ʐ] [s] [ʃ] [ʂ] [v] [ʝ] [ɣ] [ɣʷ] [pʼ] [t̪ʼ] [cʼ] [kʼ] [qʼ] [tsʼ] [tʃʼ] [ʈʂʼ] [ɖʐ] |
| Comments: | |
| Sources: | Hewitt, B. G. 1979. Abkhaz. North-Holland, Amsterdam. Chirikba, Viacheslav A. 2003. Abkhaz. Lincom Europa, München. Catford, J. C. 1972. Labialization in Caucasian languages, with special reference to Abkhaz. In André Rigault & René Charbonneau, eds, Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences: 679-681. |