Variety Kawaiisu (Uto-Aztecan)

Form Concept Segments

Segments are color-coded by frequency in the wordlist:

0-11  -22  -33  -43  -54  -65  -75  -86  -97  -107
          

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 ˀn
Stop p b t tʲ d k kʷ kʷː g ʔ
Sibilant affricate ts tʃ dʒˀ dʒ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ
Non-sibilant fricative v vˀ h hʷ
Approximant j
Flap or tap
Trill r
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 iːlong unrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel ɨːlong unrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel ɯunrounded close back vowel uːlong rounded close back vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel eːlong unrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel oːlong rounded close-mid back vowel aunrounded open front vowel aːlong unrounded open front vowel ɑunrounded open back vowel ɑːlong unrounded open back vowel
Vowels

Other segments

   
Other segments
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ui from rounded close back to unrounded close front diphthong
 ˀw pre-glottalized voiced labio-velar approximant consonant
 ɨi from unrounded close central to unrounded close front diphthong