Variety Tehuelche (Chonan)

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 m̥ n̪ n̪ː
Stop p pʼ b t̪ʼ t̪ d̪ k kʼ g gʰ q qʼ ʔ
Sibilant affricate tʃ tʃʼ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s̪ ɕ ˀɕ
Non-sibilant fricative x h
Approximant l̪ j
Flap or tap
Trill r̪
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
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 aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

    
Other segments
 e̞ unrounded mid front vowel
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 o̞ rounded mid back vowel
 o̞ː long rounded mid back vowel
 e̞ː long unrounded mid front vowel