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| Selected languages: | Kabardian |
| UPSID number: | 2601 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Caucasian |
| The languages has | 56 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [pʰ] [b] [t̪ʰ] [d̪] [kʷʰ] [ɡʷ] [kʲʰ] [ɡʲ] [ʔʷ] [ʔ] [pʼ] [t̪ʼ] [kʷʼ] [kʲʼ] [qʷʼ] [qʼ] [ɬ̪ʲ] [ɮ̪ʲ] [s̪] [z̪] [ʃ] [ʒ] [f] [v] [ʑ] [ɕ] [xʷ] [xʲ] [ɣʲ] [χʷ] [ʁʷ] [χ] [ʁ] [ħ] [ʕ] [ɬ̪ʲʼ] [ʃʼ] [fʼ] [t̪s̪] [d̪z̪] [qχʷ] [qχ] [t̪s̪ʼ] [r] [w] [j] [m] [n̪] [iː] [ɨ] [uː] [e̞ː] [o̞ː] [ɜ] [aː] [ɦ] |
| Comments: | |
| Sources: | Kuipers, A.H. 1960. Phoneme and Morpheme in Kabardian. http://www.circassianworld.com/Congress_Archives/A_Kuipers_Phoneme_and_Morpheme_in_Kabardian_1960.pdf |