Kabardian-Phonetics
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(initial<br />
only in<br />
loan<br />
words; see<br />
the other<br />
entry ‘э’<br />
below)<br />
Б б<br />
В в<br />
Г г<br />
Гу гу<br />
Гъ гъ<br />
Гъу гъу<br />
breed;<br />
напэ (nape) [napə]:<br />
face<br />
балыджэ (balije)<br />
[baliʤə]: radish;<br />
нобэ (nobe) [nobə]:<br />
today;<br />
къэб (qeb) [qəb]:<br />
pumpkin<br />
вы (vi) [vi]: bull;<br />
гъэвэн (gheven)<br />
[ʁəvən]: to boil;<br />
бэв (bev) [bəv]:<br />
abundant (of crops)<br />
гын (gin) [ɣin]:<br />
gunpowder;<br />
гъуэгын (ghwegin)<br />
[ʁʷəɣin]: to weep;<br />
жыг (zhig) [ʒiɣ]: tree<br />
гу (gw) [gʷ]: heart;<br />
гуэгуэн (gwegwen)<br />
[gʷəgʷən]: large<br />
metal pitcher;<br />
дэгу (degw) [dəgʷ]:<br />
deaf<br />
гъащIэ (ghasch’e)<br />
[ʁaʆˀə]: life;<br />
гъэгъа (ghegha)<br />
[ʁəʁa]: flower;<br />
гъэдыргъ (ghedirgh)<br />
[ʁədirʁ]: clang<br />
гъуэгу (ghwegw)<br />
[ʁʷəgʷ]: way, road;<br />
мыгъуэ (mighwe)<br />
B b<br />
V v<br />
Spanish/Dutch g,<br />
e.g. lago<br />
[In some <strong>Kabardian</strong><br />
dialects, ‘г’ in noninitial<br />
positions is<br />
pronounced as ‘й’]<br />
Gwent,<br />
hard ‘g’ followed by<br />
very short ‘u’ (as<br />
first sound of the<br />
English word<br />
‘wood’)<br />
Parisian r<br />
гъ + w<br />
Parisian r followed<br />
by very short ‘u’ (as<br />
[b]<br />
[v]<br />
[ɣ]<br />
[gʷ]<br />
[ʁ]<br />
[ʁʷ]<br />
B b<br />
V v<br />
G g<br />
Gw gw<br />
Gh gh<br />
Ghw ghw<br />
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