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Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
p b                     k ɡ q  
 
 
 
 
ʔ
 
Affricates
                               
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m                         ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
              *r            
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                             
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f v       ʃ ʒ         x ɣ     ħ ʕ        
Sibilant fricatives
                               
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Near-front
Central
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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: Kurdish
UPSID number: 2015
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Indo-European, Iranian
The languages has 47 segments
Frequency index: N/A
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Sources:

Abdulla, J. and McCarus, E.N. 1967. Kurdish Basic Course -
Dialect of Sulaimania, Iraq. University of Michigan Press,
Ann Arbor.