Editing Suret language (section)

===Phonetics of Chaldean-Neo-Aramaic===
====Consonants====
{|class="wikitable"
|+ Table of Chaldean Neo-Aramaic consonant phonemes
|-
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|[[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! colspan=4|[[Dental consonant|Dental]]/<br />[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |[[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|[[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|[[Uvular consonant|Uvular]]
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|[[Pharyngeal consonant|Pharyngeal]]
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|[[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! colspan=2|<small>plain</small> || colspan=2|<small>[[pharyngealization|emph.]]</small>
|- align=center
! colspan="2" | [[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|m}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | ||style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|n}}
| colspan=2|
| colspan="2" |
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
|- align=center
! colspan="2" | [[Plosive consonant|Plosive]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|p}}
| style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA link|b}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|t}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA link|d}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|tˤ}} || style="border-left: 0;" |
| colspan="2" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|k}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|ɡ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|q}} || style="border-left: 0;" |
| colspan=2|
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|ʔ}} || style="border-left: 0;" |
|- align=center
! colspan="2" |[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|tʃ}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA link|dʒ}}
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
|- align=center
! rowspan="2" | [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! <small>[[sibilant]]</small>
| colspan=2|
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|s}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|z}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|sˤ}} || style="border-left: 0;" |
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|ʃ}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA link|ʒ}}
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
|- align=center
! <small>non-sibilant</small>
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|f}} || style="border-left: 0;" |{{IPA link|v}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|θ}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|ð}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|ðˤ}}
| colspan=2|
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|x}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|ɣ}}
| colspan=2|
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|ħ}} || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|ʕ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | {{IPA link|h}} || style="border-left: 0;" |
|- align=center
! colspan="2" | [[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|w}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|l}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|ɫ}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|j}}
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
|- align=center
! colspan="2" | [[Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]
| colspan=2|
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|r}}
| style="border-right: 0;" | || style="border-left: 0;" | {{IPA link|rˤ}}
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
| colspan=2|
|}

*The Chaldean dialects are generally characterised by the presence of the fricatives {{IPA|/θ/}} (''th'') and {{IPA|/ð/}} (''dh'') which correspond to {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}}, respectively, in other Assyrian dialects (excluding the [[Tyari]] dialect).
*In some Chaldean dialects {{IPA|/r/}} is realized as {{IPAblink|ɹ}}. In others, it is either a [[Tap consonant|tap]] {{IPAblink|ɾ}} or a [[Trill consonant|trill]] {{IPAblink|r}}.
*Unlike in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, the [[guttural]] sounds of {{IPAblink|ʕ}} and {{IPAblink|ħ}} are used predominantly in Chaldean varieties; this is a feature also seen in other [[Northeastern Neo-Aramaic]] languages.<ref>*Beyer, Klaus (1986). ''The Aramaic language: its distribution and subdivisions''. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht. {{ISBN|3-525-53573-2}}.</ref>{{Sfnp|Sara|1974}}

====Vowels====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!
! [[Front vowel|Front]]
! [[Central vowel|Central]]
! [[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! [[Close vowel|Close]]
| {{IPA link|i}}
|{{IPA link|ɨ}}
|{{IPA link|u}}
|-
! [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
| {{IPA link|e}}
| 
| {{IPA link|o}}
|-
! [[Open vowel|Open]]
|
| {{IPA link|ä|a}}
| 
|}