postvelar consonant

phonology

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In Paleo-Siberian languages: Phonological features
…of the Paleo-Siberian languages are postvelar consonants (i.e., sounds that are formed farther back in the mouth than /k/ and usually represented as q), vowel harmony of various kinds (e.g., the alternation of e and i in the form for ‘my’ in Nivkh ñe-řla ‘my harpoon’ and ñi-řly ‘my sky’),…
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