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Georgian
ქართული [LangPhonology]
Georgian Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the Georgian language.

CONSONANTS

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

t
voiceless
d
voiced
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
LARYNGEAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
VELAR
UVULAR
GLOTTAL
NASAL
m[1]
n[2]
PLOSIVE
[3]
[4]
[5]
b[6]
d[7]
ɡ[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
[12]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡sʰ[13]
d͡z[15]
d͡ʒ[16]
t͡sʼ[17]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[19]
ʃ[20]
z[24]
ʒ[25]
FRICATIVE
x[21]
h[22]
v[23]
ɣ[26]
TRILL
r[27]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[28]

END OF Georgian PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
m
 
voiced
bilabial
nasal
2
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
3
 
aspirated
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
4
 
aspirated
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
5
 
aspirated
voiceless
velar
plosive
6
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
7
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
8
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
9
 
ejective
bilabial
plosive
10
 
ejective
alveolar
plosive
11
 
ejective
velar
plosive
12
 
ejective
uvular
plosive
13
t͡sʰ
 
aspirated
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant affricate
14
t͡ʃʰ
 
aspirated
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
15
d͡z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant affricate
16
d͡ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
17
t͡sʼ
 
ejective
alveolar
sibilant affricate
18
t͡ʃʼ
 
ejective
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
19
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
20
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
21
x
 
voiceless
velar
fricative
22
h
 
voiceless
glottal
fricative
23
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
24
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
25
ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
26
ɣ
 
voiced
velar
fricative
27
r
 
voiced
alveolar
trill
28
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant

VOWELS

 
VOWEL HEIGHT
CLOSE
NEAR-CLOSE
CLOSE-MID
MID
OPEN-MID
NEAR-OPEN
OPEN