Abaza (abaz1241-1)

Dialect: Tapanta

Colarusso, John. A North West Caucasian Reader. 1999.

Consonants (65)

p b t d c ɟ k g kʷʼ qʲʼ qʷʼ qʷˤ ʔ {ʔʷ}
ts tsʼ dz tʂʼ tʂʷ tʂʷʼ dʐʷ tʆʼ
f v s z ʂ ʐ ʂʷ ʐʷ ʆ ʓ ç {çʷ} χ ʁ χʲ ʁʲ χʷ ʁʷ
{ɬ} {ɬʼ} {ɮ}
m n
j w ʜ ʢ ʜʷ ʢʷ
l
r

Vowels (2)

ɨ
ɜ

Notes

IPHON transcribes NWC vowels narrowly - they're higher than the conventional symbols /a ə/ indicate.

Stress is unpredictable.

Allophonic rules