Suwáá/Hosne'éh

• m > mʲ > nʲ > ng
• l > ng
• p->pʲ->tʃ
• n > d
• ng > g
• t' > /t'/
• t > /th/
• d > /t/

Numbers

• 1: xhang- /χʌg/
• 2: tilxhung /tʰiɬχug/
• 3: nesg- /dɛsk/
• 4: dlooch'- /tɬuːtʃʼ/
• 5: tsel- /tsʰɛɬ/
• 6: kh'watl'- /qʷʼʌtɬʼ/

Phonology

Inspired by Tlingit and Lushootseed.

Consonants

Suwáá/Hosne'éh is notable for having no nasals or labials, and having lateral obstruents but no /l/.

		Denti-alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Uvular		Glottal
		central	lateral		plain	labialized	plain	labialized
Plosive	voiced	n /d/			ng /g/
	plain	d /t/			g /k/	gw /kʷ/	gh /q/	ghw /qʷ/	. /ʔ/
	aspirated	t /tʰ/			k /kʰ/	kw /kʷʰ/	kh /qʰ/	khw /qʷʰ/
	ejective	t' /tʼ/			k' /kʼ/	k'w /kʷʼ/	kh' /qʼ/	kh'w /qʷʼ/
Fricative		s /s/	l /ɬ/	sh /ʃ/	x /x/	xw /xʷ/	xh /χ/	xhw /χʷ/	h /h/
Affricate	plain	dz /ts/	dl /tɬ/	j /tʃ/
	aspirated	ts /tsʰ/	tl /tɬʰ/	ch /tʃʰ/
	ejective	ts' /tsʼ/	tl' /tɬʼ/	ch' /tʃʼ/
Approximant	plain			y /j/		w /w/
	glottalized			y' /jˀ/		w' /wˀ/

Vowels

	Tense/Long			Lax/Short
	front	central	back	front	central	back
Close	ee [iː]		oo [uː]	i [ɪ]		u [ʊ]
Mid	ei [eː]			e [ɛ]		a [ʌ]
Open		aa [aː]	(aa [ɒː])		(a [ɐ])