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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 |
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