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p b                     k ɡ q ɢ
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  β f       s z ʃ           x                  
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Selected languages: Kirghiz
UPSID number: 2162
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Ural-Altaic, Turkic
The languages has 30 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Kirghiz is spoken in Kirghiz ASSR, mountains of
southern Soviet middle Asia.

Sources:

Herbert, R.J. and Poppe, N. 1963. Kirghiz Manual (Indiana
University Publications, Uralic and Altaic Series 33).
Indiana University, Bloomington.

Junusaliev, B.M. 1966. Kirgizskij Jazyk, in V.V.
Vinogradov (ed.), Jazyki Narodov SSSR: Vol 2. Tjurkskie
Jazyki. Nauka, Moscow and Leningrad.