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Use base consonants only
Labial
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Bilabial
Labio-dental
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Palatal
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Uvular
Pharyngeal
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Glottal
Plosive
 p pʰ           t tʰ               k kʰ   q qʰ  
 
 
 
 
  
 
Nasal
   m           n               ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
             r̥ r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
 ɸ β         s z             x ɣ χ ʁ         h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Nivkh
UPSID number: 2700
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Paleo-Siberian
The languages has 35 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [pʰ] [p] [tʰ] [t] [t̠ʰ] [t̠] [kʰ] [k] [qʰ] [q] [s] [z] [ɸ] [β] [x] [ɣ] [χ] [ʁ] [r̥] [r] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [n̠] [ŋ] [ɪ] [u] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ʌ] [ä] [ɪe̞] [h]
Comments:
Sources: Austerlitz, R. 1956. Gilyak nursery words. Word 12: 260-5. Kreinovich, E.A. 1937. Fonetika Nivkhskogo (gilyatskogo) Jazyka. Gosudarstvennoe Uchebno-pedagogicheskoe Izdatel'stvo, Moscow and Leningrad. Panfilov, V.Z. 1962. Grammatika Nivkhskogo Jazyka, I. Akademia Nauk, Moscow and Leningrad. Panfilov, V.Z. 1968. Nivkhskij jazyk. In V.V. Vinogradov (ed.), Jazyki Narodov SSSR, Vol. 5. Nauka, Moscow and Leningrad: 408-34. Zinder, L.R., Matusevich, M.I. 1937. Eksperimental'noe issledovanie fonem nivkhskogo iazyka. Appendix to Kreinovich, E.A., 1937, Fonetika nivkhskogo (gilyatskogo) iazyka. Gosudarstvennoe Uchebno-pedagogicheskoe Izdatel'stvo, Moscow and Leningrad.