Suwáá/Hosne'éh: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:53, 7 December 2015

Inspired by Tlingit and Lushootseed.

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	Palatal	plain	labialized	plain	labialized	Glottal
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/
Approximant	glottalized			y' /jˀ/		w' /wˀ/

@@ Line 142: / Line 142: @@
 {|class="bluetable lightbluebg"
 |-
-| rowspan=2| &nbsp;
+! rowspan=2| &nbsp;
-| colspan=3 align="center"|'''Tense/Long'''
+! colspan=3 align="center"|'''Tense/Long'''
-| colspan=3 align="center"|'''Lax/Short'''
+! colspan=3 align="center"|'''Lax/Short'''
 |-
-| align="center"|front
+! align="center"|<small>front</small>
-| align="center"|central
+! align="center"|<small>central</small>
-| align="center"|back
+! align="center"|<small>back</small>
-| align="center"|front
+! align="center"|<small>front</small>
-| align="center"|central
+! align="center"|<small>central</small>
-| align="center"|back
+! align="center"|<small>back</small>
 |-
-| close
+! Close
 | align="center"|'''ee''' {{IPA|[iː]}}
 | &nbsp;
@@ Line 161: / Line 161: @@
 | align="center"|'''u''' {{IPA|[ʊ]}}
 |-
-| mid
+! Mid
 | align="center"|'''ei''' {{IPA|[eː]}}
 | &nbsp;
@@ Line 169: / Line 169: @@
 | align="center"|'''a''' {{IPA|[ʌ]}}
 |-
-| open
+! Open
 | &nbsp;
 | align="center"|'''aa''' {{IPA|[aː]}}