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See Abkhaz phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Abkhaz, as well as dialectal variations that are not represented here.
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| Consonants |
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| IPA |
Examples |
English approximation |
| b |
аба |
bat |
| v |
аваныза |
van |
| g |
ага |
go |
| gʲ |
агьаҭа |
argue |
| ɡʷ |
агәы |
Gwen |
| ʁ |
аӷу |
French rouge |
| ʁʲ |
аӷьаӡ |
French rien |
| ʁʷ |
аӷәаӷә |
French roi |
| d |
адунеи |
done |
| dʷ |
дә |
Dwayne |
| ʐ |
ажыга |
Eastern Cape red |
| ʒ |
ажьа |
pleasure |
| ʒʷ |
жәаба |
French jouer |
| z |
азар |
zoo |
| dz |
аӡы |
goods |
| dʑʷ |
аӡәыцәи |
jewel |
| kʼ |
акы |
like scan but ejective[1] |
| kʲ’ |
Кьаӷәса |
like skew but ejective[1] |
| kʷ’ |
акәуа |
like squint but ejective[1] |
| kʰ |
ақыҭа |
cat |
| kʲʰ |
ақьабз |
cute |
| kʷʰ |
ақәыџьма |
quick |
| q’ |
аҟанҷ |
like MLE scar but ejective[1] |
| qʲ’ |
аҟьаԥҟьаԥ |
like skew but ejective[1] and further back in the throat |
| qʷ’ |
Аҟәлангьери |
like MLE squander but ejective[1] |
| l |
алаша |
luck |
| m |
амаӡа |
man |
| n |
анапы |
no |
| p’ |
анапы |
like spot but ejective[1] |
| pʰ |
аԥача |
pan |
| r |
араса |
American atom |
| s |
асы |
snow |
| t’ |
атама |
like stop but ejective[1] |
| tʷʼ |
атәыҩа |
like eastward but ejective[1] |
| tʰ |
аҭеҭлашә |
tower |
| tʷʰ |
аҭәамба |
twig |
| f |
фба |
far |
| χ |
аха |
French proche |
| χʲ |
ахьымӡӷ |
Welsh cnuchio |
| χʷ |
хәба |
French trois |
| ħ |
аҳа |
RP horror |
| ħʷ |
аҳәа |
what |
| ts |
манцыз |
hats |
| tɕʷ |
аенцәыш |
chew |
| tsʼ |
аанҵасра |
like hats but ejective[1] |
| tɕʷʼ |
аеҵәа |
like chew but ejective[1] |
| tʃ |
ақачала |
chip |
| tʃʼ |
ҷыгәӡа |
like chip but ejective[1] |
| tʂ |
аҽага |
trust |
| tʂʼ |
аҿа |
like trust but ejective[1] |
| ʂ |
ахәаша |
shrew |
| ʃ |
ачаԥшь |
ship |
| ʃʷ |
ашәшь |
ashwood |
| d͡ʐ |
аџарџарра |
gorge |
| d͡ʒ |
аџьана |
jam |
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| Semivowels |
|---|
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
| w |
ауар |
wet |
| j |
адунеи |
yet |
| ɥ |
аҩҿы |
between wet and yet |
| |
| Vowels |
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
| ɑ |
аԥсуа |
father |
| ə |
ақды |
roses |
| |
| Marginal vowels |
| IPA | Examples | English approximation |
| e |
авидео |
pen |
| i |
авидео |
happy |
| o |
Арсоу |
go |
| u |
ақаанун |
fruition |
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