Lezgian phonology

Vowels

 * has two main allophones: and ; the former prevails in closed syllables (especially before uvulars and ), the latter in open syllables.
 * is very often rounded after labialized consonants, which may then lose their labialization.
 * /e/ is open in stressed syllables
 * if a vowel plus sequence is not followed by a vowel, the  may be deleted and the vowel nasalized. Thus  ('I') can be pronounced.

Consonants
There are 54 consonants in Lezgian. Characters to the right are the letters of the Lezgian Cyrillic Alphabet. Note that aspiration is not normally indicated in the orthography, despite the fact that it is phonemic.