Ubykh phonology
Ubykh, an extinct Northwest Caucasian language, has the largest consonant inventory of all documented languages that do not use clicks, and also has the most disproportional ratio of phonemic consonants to vowels. It has consonants in at least eight, perhaps nine, basic places of articulation and 29 distinct fricatives, 27 sibilants, and 20 uvulars, more than any other documented language. Some Khoisan languages, such as ǃXóõ, may have larger consonant inventories due to their extensive use of click consonants, although some analyses view a large proportion of the clicks in these languages as clusters, which would bring them closer into line with the Caucasian languages.
AffricateArchi languageBilabial ejective stopDie Päkhy-SprachePhonemeRoundednessUvular consonantVoiced palatal approximantVoiced postalveolar affricateVoiced retroflex fricativeVoiced uvular fricativeVoiceless bilabial trillVoiceless glottal fricativeVoiceless postalveolar affricateVoiceless retroflex fricativeVoiceless uvular plosiveVoiceless velar plosive
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Ubykh phonology
Ubykh, an extinct Northwest Caucasian language, has the largest consonant inventory of all documented languages that do not use clicks, and also has the most disproportional ratio of phonemic consonants to vowels. It has consonants in at least eight, perhaps nine, basic places of articulation and 29 distinct fricatives, 27 sibilants, and 20 uvulars, more than any other documented language. Some Khoisan languages, such as ǃXóõ, may have larger consonant inventories due to their extensive use of click consonants, although some analyses view a large proportion of the clicks in these languages as clusters, which would bring them closer into line with the Caucasian languages.
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Het Oebychs, een Noordwest-Kau ...... 20 uvularen als apart foneem.
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Ubykh, an extinct Northwest Ca ...... with the Caucasian languages.
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Het Oebychs, een Noordwest-Kau ...... edeklinkers en klinkers heeft.
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Ubykh, an extinct Northwest Ca ...... with the Caucasian languages.
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Fonologie van het Oebychs
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Ubykh phonology
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우비흐어 음운론
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