Mandersax

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Minority language spoken in Anatolia. Part of the West Caucasian' family.

LAB DNT LAT RFX PAL VEL
tɬʰ tʂʰ
p t c k
dɮʱ dʐʱ ɟʱ ɡʱ ɦ
b d (dɮ) ɟ ɡ
θ s ɬ ʂ ç x
β ð z ɮ
w ɾ~l ɻ j
m n ɲ ŋ

<tlh tl dlh lh dl> etc, /ɕ/ = <x>, /β ð/ = <b d>, /b d/ = <bb dd> / V_V

i ɨ u
e ɜ o
ɑi ɑ ɑu
  1. Holes: dɮ kʰ → ɮ x
  2. General lenition: b d ɡ → β ð ɣ / V_V etc.
  3. Palatals: velar → palatal / i
  4. j → ʒ̞
  5. Postalveolar → retroflex
  6. ʝ ɣ → j ɻ w varyingly
  7. t(ʰ) → θ / O
  8. s (ɬ?) z → θ ð / L

Canonical root structure is (C)(V)CVC, both suffixes and prefixes occur.