Avestan
Family: Indo-Iranian
Region: Eastern Iranian Plateau
Time: Iron Age - Late Bronze Age
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
| Voiceless stop | p | t | c | k | |||
| Voiced stop | b | d | ɟ | g | |||
| Voiceless fricative | f | θ | s | ʃ | ç | x xʷ | h |
| Voiced fricative | β v | z | ʒ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ ŋʷ | |||
| Trill | rʷ r |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
| High | i ĩ iː ĩː | u ũ uː ũː | |
| Mid | e ẽ eː ẽː | ə ə̃ əː ə̃ː | o õ oː õː |
| Low | a ã aː ãː | ||
| Syllabic | r̩ r̩ː |
Bibliography
Author
Fabio Massimo D'Amato