Cyrillic Digraphs - Tabasaran

Tabasaran

Tabasaran uses gemination for its 'strong' consonants, but this has a different value with г.

  • Front vowels: аь /æ/, уь /y/
  • Gemination for 'strong' consonants: кк /kː/, пп /pː/, тт /tː/, цц /tsʰː/, чч /tʃʰː/
  • Ejectives with ⟨Ӏ⟩: кӀ /kʼ/, пӀ /pʼ/, тӀ /tʼ/, цӀ /tsʼ/, чӀ /tʃʼ/
  • Based on г /ɡ/: гг /ɣ/, гъ /ʕ/, гь /h/
  • Other consonants based on к /kʰ/: къ /qʰː/, кь /qʼ/,
  • Based on х /ɦ/: хъ /qʰ/, хь /x/

It uses ⟨в⟩ for labialization of its postalveolar consonants: шв /ʃʷ/, жв /ʒʷ/, чв /tʃʰʷ/, джь /dʒʷ/, ь /tʃʼʷ/, ччь /tʃʷʰː/).

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