these are the sounds found in most native Kurdish dialects:
there are also sounds not on the chart
labio-velar voiced central approximant
/w/
"s" and "z" are dentalized
alveolar pharyngealized voiceless sibilant fricative
alvelar pharyngealized voiced lateral approximant
lowered high front unrounded vowel
lowered high back rounded vowel
8 diphthogs
(from: Maddieson,
I. 1984. Patterns of Sounds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.)