Kabardian-Phonetics
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Ж ж<br />
Жь жь<br />
З з<br />
И и<br />
Й й<br />
жэм (zhem) [ʒəm]:<br />
cow;<br />
къуажэ (qwazhe)<br />
[qʷaʒə]: village;<br />
лъэмыж (lhemizh)<br />
[ɮəmiʒ]: bridge<br />
жьэ (zche) [ʑə]:<br />
mouth;<br />
мажьэ (mazche)<br />
[maʑə]: comb;<br />
лэгъупэжь<br />
(leghwpezch)<br />
[ləʁʷpəʑ]: leader of<br />
herdsmen<br />
зы (zi) [zi]: one;<br />
Iэзэ (’eze) [ʔəzə]:<br />
skilful;<br />
мэз (mez) [məz]:<br />
forest<br />
ибэ (yibe) [jibə]:<br />
orphan;<br />
тхылъибл (txilhiybl)<br />
[txiɮijbl]: seven<br />
books;<br />
си (siy) [sij]: my<br />
йоплъэ (yoplhe)<br />
[jopɮə]: ([he/she] is<br />
looking/looks into<br />
smth.);<br />
фIейуэ (f’eiywe)<br />
[fˀejwə]: in a dirty<br />
manner;<br />
фIей (f’eiy) [fˀej]:<br />
dirty<br />
genre, erasure<br />
alveolo-palatal zh<br />
Z z<br />
when initial it is<br />
pronounced as ‘Yi’<br />
in Yiddish; when<br />
within word or final,<br />
it is pronounced as<br />
‘ee’ in<br />
see<br />
hay, day<br />
[ʒ]<br />
[ʑ]<br />
[z]<br />
initial:<br />
[ji]<br />
middle or final:<br />
[ij]<br />
[j]<br />
Zh zh<br />
Zch zch<br />
Z z<br />
initial:<br />
Yi yi<br />
middle or<br />
final:<br />
iy<br />
Y<br />
y<br />
К к<br />
there are no native<br />
words in literary<br />
<strong>Kabardian</strong> that have<br />
K k<br />
[k]<br />
K k<br />
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