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 pʰ b         *tʰ *d             kʰ kʷʰ ɡ ɡʷ qʰ qʷʰ qʷˁʰ qˁʰ ɢ ɢʷ ɢʷˁ ɢˁ
 
 
 
 
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 pʼ           *tʼ               kʷʼ kʼ   qʷʼ qʷˁʼ qʼ qˁʼ  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
                 tʃʰ dʒ dʒʷ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sibilant affricates
             *tsʰ *tsʷʰ *dz                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
             *tsʷʼ *tsʼ   tʃʷʼ tʃʼ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           *n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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               *r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
               *z ʃ           x xʷ ɣ χ χʷ χʷˁ χˁ ʁ ʁʷ ʁʷˁ ʁˁ ħ       h  
Sibilant fricatives
             *s *sʷ                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
   β̞                       j                    
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Rutul
UPSID number: 2603
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Caucasian, Northwest
The languages has 64 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [pʰ] [b] [*tʰ] [*d] [kʷʰ] [ɡʷ] [kʰ] [ɡ] [qʷˁʰ] [ɢʷˁ] [qʷʰ] [ɢʷ] [qˁʰ] [ɢˁ] [qʰ] [ɢ] [ʔˁ] [ʔ] [pʼ] [*tʼ] [kʷʼ] [kʼ] [qʷˁʼ] [qʷʼ] [qˁʼ] [qʼ] [*sʷ] [*s] [*z] [ʃ] [xʷ] [x] [ɣ] [χʷˁ] [ʁʷˁ] [χʷ] [ʁʷ] [χˁ] [ʁˁ] [χ] [ʁ] [ħ] [*tsʷʰ] [*tsʰ] [*dz] [dʒʷ] [tʃʰ] [dʒ] [*tsʷʼ] [*tsʼ] [tʃʷʼ] [tʃʼ] [*r] [*l] [β̞] [j] [m] [*n] [i] [ɨ] [u] [e̞] [ä] [h]
Comments: Rutul is spoken in the Upper Samur river basin in the Dagestan ASSR and in adjoining areas of Azerbaijan, USSR. Ibragimov (1978) argues for pharyngealization as a feature of uvular and laryngeal consonants, rather than positing a set of pharyngealized vowels (cf. Dzhejranishvili 1967) which would be contrastive only in the context of uvulars. However his "pharyngealized laryngeals" have been interpreted as primary pharyngeal consonants. Labialized sibilant fricatives and affricates are rare but seem authentic. The missing cases (eg. dzw) may well be gaps in the data rather than absent from the language.
Sources: Dzhejranishvili, E.F. 1967. Rutul'skij Jazyk. In V.V. Vinogradov et al. (eds.), Jazyki Narodov SSSR 4: Iberijsko-Kavkazskie Jazyki: 580-590. Akademija Nauk, Moscow. Ibragimov, G. Kh. 1978. Rutul'skij Jazyk. Nauka, Moscow.