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[]



Voiced palatal affricate
/a:hil/ [a:hil] ‘ignorant’
/sańoq/ [s^ńoq] ‘limestone’

/f/ 


[f]


Voiceless labiodental fricative
/ka:fi/ [ka:fi.] ‘coffee’

/s/




[s]




Voiceless alveolar fricative
/sisli/ [sisli] ‘skite’
/kisi/ [kisi.] ‘boat’
/gas/ [g^s] ‘yard’

/z/



[z]



Voiced alveolar fricative
/zan/ [z^n] ‘food’
/mo:zi/ [mo:zi.] ‘sulphur’

/š/




[]




Voiceless retroflex fricate
occurs before a consonant
/šna/ [na.] ‘ear’
/zanšni/ [z^n
ni] ‘stale’

[š]





Voiceless palatal fricative ;
occurs elsewhere
aku/ [šku.] ‘wolf’
/okaši/ [
^tk^ši.] ‘suicide’
/sa:ziš/ [sa:ziš] ‘plot’

/˛/




[˛]




Voiced palatal fricative
/˛ima/ [˛ima.] ‘neck’
/a˛a/ [a˛^] ‘maternal uncle’


//




[]




 Voiceless uvular fricative
/o/ [o.] ‘bitter’
aratu/ [^r^tu
.] ‘white ant’
/mari/ [m^ri] ‘mars’

//



[]



Voiced uvular fricative
/om/ [om] ‘hole’
/paam/ [p^^
m] ‘tomato’

/h/



[h]



Voiceless glottal fricative
/hlu/ [hlu] ‘air’
/sahar/ [s^h^r] ‘city’ 

/m/




[m]




Bilabial nasal
/mi/ [mi.] ‘man’
/samal/ [s^m^l] ‘moustache’
/nam/ [n^m] ‘sky’

/n/



[n]



dental nasal ; occurs before
dental stop.
/menoq/ [men oq] ‘flower’

[n]



alveolar nasal ; occurs elsewhere
/nina/ [nina.]
‘then’
/ma
čen/ [m^čen] ‘first wife’

/ń/



[ń]



palatal nasal
/ńāuskar/ [ńāusk^r] ‘mustard’
/mańa/ [mńā
a.] ‘peacock’
//




[]




velar nasal
/
on/ [on] ‘publicity’
/mičan/ [mič^n] ‘famous’
/rzo/ [rzo] ‘chisel’

/1/






[]






voiceless alveolar fricativized
lateral ; occurs before voiceless
consonants which are not
morpheme initial
/lčorba/ [čorba.] ‘worship’
/mel
čhe/ [mečhe.] ‘flame’

[1]





voiced alveolar lateral ; occurs
elsewhere
/Ioq/ [Ioq] ‘mud’
nalpaqs/ [n^lp^qs] ‘earlobe’
/qa:il/ [qa:il] ‘murderer’

/r/




[r]




alveolar flap
/rgo/ [rgo.] ‘body’
/gra/ [gra
.] ‘fine’
/par/ /p^r/ ‘clay mould’

/w/




[w]




bilabial frictionless (semivowel0
continuant
/waqs/ [w^qs] ‘time’
/rdwa/ [rdwa.] ‘stone’


 

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