Consonants
Below is an International Phonetic Alphabet representation of the Ubykh consonant inventory.
Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Alveolo- palatal |
Retro- flex |
Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||||||||
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plain | phar. | plain | lab. | lat. | plain | lab. | plain | lab. | pal. | plain | lab. | phar. | pal. | plain | lab. | phar. | phar. & lab. | ||||
Stop | p | pˁ | t | tʷ | kʲ | k | kʷ | qʲ | q | qʷ | qˁ | qˁʷ | |||||||||
b | bˁ | d | dʷ | ɡʲ | ɡ | ɡʷ | |||||||||||||||
pʼ | pˁʼ | tʼ | tʷʼ | kʲʼ | kʼ | kʷʼ | qʲʼ | qʼ | qʷʼ | qˁʼ | qˁʷʼ | ||||||||||
Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | t͡ɕ | t͡ɕʷ | ʈ͡ʂ | ||||||||||||||||
d͡z | d͡ʒ | d͡ʑ | d͡ʑʷ | ɖ͡ʐ | |||||||||||||||||
t͡sʼ | t͡ʃʼ | t͡ɕʼ | t͡ɕʷʼ | ʈ͡ʂʼ | |||||||||||||||||
Fricative | f | s | ɬ | ʃ | ʃʷ | ɕ | ɕʷ | ʂ | x | χʲ | χ | χʷ | χˁ | χˁʷ | h | ||||||
v | vˁ | z | ʒ | ʒʷ | ʑ | ʑʷ | ʐ | ɣ | ʁʲ | ʁ | ʁʷ | ʁˁ | ʁˁʷ | ||||||||
ɬʼ | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nasal | m | mˁ | n | ||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | l | j | w | wˁ | |||||||||||||||||
Trill | r |
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