kurdî [LangPhonology]
Kurdish Phonology
EXPLANATION
kurdî [LangPhonologyText]
These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal
and vocalic systems in the Kurdish language.
CONSONANTS
The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
LARYNGEAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
UVULAR
PHARYNGEAL
GLOTTAL
END OF Kurdish PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!
PHONOLOGY INVENTORY
No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
m
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
n
voiced
alveolar
nasal
4
pʰ
aspirated
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
5
tʰ
aspirated
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
6
t͡ʃʰ
aspirated
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
7
kʰ
aspirated
voiceless
velar
plosive
8
p
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
9
t
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
10
t͡ʃ
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
11
k
voiceless
velar
plosive
12
kʷ
labialized
voiceless
velar
plosive
13
q
voiceless
uvular
plosive
14
qʷ
labialized
voiceless
uvular
plosive
15
ʔ
voiceless
glottal
plosive
16
b
voiced
bilabial
plosive
17
d
voiced
alveolar
plosive
18
d͡ʒ
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
19
ɡ
voiced
velar
plosive
20
ɡʷ
labialized
voiced
velar
plosive
21
f
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
22
s
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
23
ʃ
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
24
x
voiceless
velar
fricative
25
xʷ
labialized
voiceless
velar
fricative
26
ħ
voiceless
pharyngeal
fricative
27
h
voiceless
glottal
fricative
28
v
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
29
z
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
30
ʒ
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
31
ɣ
voiced
velar
fricative
32
ɣʷ
labialized
voiced
velar
fricative
33
ʕ
voiced
pharyngeal
fricative
34
l
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
35
ɫ
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
36
j
voiced
palatal
approximant
37
ɥʷ
labialized
voiced
palatal
approximant
38
w
voiced
velar
approximant
40
r
voiced
alveolar
trill
VOWELS