Phonology
Ugaritic has 28 consonantal phonemes, including two semivowels, and eight vowel phonemes (three short vowels and five long vowels): a ā i ī u ū ē ō. (The phonemes ē and ō only occur as long vowels and are the result of monophthongization of the diphthongs "ay" and "aw" respectively.)
Labial | Interdental | Dental/Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||
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Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
Stop | p | t | tˤ | k | q | ʔ | ||||
b | d | ɡ | ||||||||
Fricative | θ | s | sˤ | ʃ | x | ħ | h | |||
ð | z | ðˤ | ʒ | ɣ | ʕ | |||||
Trill | r | |||||||||
Approximant | l | j | w |
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