Language/Crimean-tatar/Pronunciation/Alphabet
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Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UR | R | UR | R | |
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u |
| Mid/open | e | ø | ɑ | o |
The vowel system of Crimean Tatar is similar to some other Turkic languages. Because high vowels in Crimean Tatar are short and reduced, /i/ and /ɯ/ are realized close to [ɪ], even though they are phonologically distinct.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/
Alveolar |
Post-
alveolar |
Velar | Uvular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||
| Stop | p | b | t | d | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | k | ɡ | q | |
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | x | ɣ | |||
| Trill | r | |||||||||
| Approximants | l | j | ||||||||