Use base consonants only
|
View positions
|
Labial
|
Coronal
|
Dorsal
|
Radical
|
Laryngeal
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Bilabial
|
Labio-dental
|
Dental
|
Alveolar
|
Palato-alveolar
|
Retroflex
|
Palatal
|
Velar
|
Uvular
|
Pharyngeal
|
Epi-glottal
|
Glottal
|
|||||||||||||
|
Plosive
|
b | t̪ t̪ˁ | d̪ d̪ˁ | k kʷ | ɡ ɡʷ | q qʷ |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Nasal
|
m | n̪ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Trill
|
r̪ r̪ˤ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Tap, Flap
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Lateral flap
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Fricative
|
f | s sˁ | z zˁ | ʃ ʃˤ | ʒ ʒˤ | χ χˁ | ʁ ʁˁ | ħ | ʕ | h | ||||||||||||||
|
Lateral fricative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
Approximant
|
j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Lateral approximant
|
|
|
|
|
l̪ l̪ˤ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Front |
Near-front |
Central |
Near-back |
Back |
|||
Close |
|||||||
Near-close | |||||||
Close-mid | |||||||
Mid | |||||||
Open-mid | |||||||
Near-open | |||||||
Open | |||||||
| Selected languages: | Tashlhiyt |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Berber (or Tamazight) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by an estimated 15–25 million in North Africa. It is mainly spoken in Morocco, Algeria, and by the Touareg population in Niger and Mali. Tashlhiyt, spoken in southern Morocco ,number an estimated 7–9 million speakers. |
| The languages has | 38 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [b] [d̪ˁ] [n̪] [t̪ˁ] [t̪] [k] [kʷ] [ɡ] [ɡʷ] [q] [qʷ] [m] [d̪] [r̪] [f] [s] [z] [sˁ] [zˁ] [ʃ] [ʒ] [χ] [χˁ] [ʁ] [ʁˁ] [ħ] [ʕ] [h] [l̪ˤ] [j] [w] [ʃˤ] [ʒˤ] [l̪] [r̪ˤ] [u] [ä] [i] |
| Comments: | |
| Sources: | Ridouane , Rachid (2014): Tashlhiyt Berber. |