Variety Kwakiutl (Wakashan)

Form Concept Segments

Consonants

Pulmonic Consonants
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar		 Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal		 Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal
/ Epiglottal		 Glottal
Nasal m n
Stop pʼ pʰ b tʼ tʰ t d c kʼ kʰ g q qʼ qʷ ɢ ɢʷ ʔ
Sibilant affricate tsʼ ts
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s ˀs z
Non-sibilant fricative xʷ x xʼ χ χʷ h
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative ɬ ɬʼ
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open iunrounded close front vowel urounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments


Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant