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Revision as of 05:56, 11 January 2017

Phonology

Consonants

Tsimulh languages/Lexicon changes the voiced series of Proto-Quihum into the aspirated series and loses the velar-uvular distinction in dorsal stops (the latter is like Proto-Pfeunic).

Consonants
Labial Coronal Palatal Velar Glottal
central lateral plain labialized plain labialized
Nasal m n
Plosive tenuis p t k ʔ ʔʷ
breathy voiced (gʰ) gʷʰ
ejective kʷʼ
Fricative s ł ś [h~ɦ]
Affricate tenuis c ƛ
breathy voiced ʒʰ λʰ ǵʰ
ejective ƛʼ ḱʼ
Approximant l y w

Vowels

Tsimulh languages/Lexicon has five short and long monophthongs. There are no diphthongs.

Front Central Back
Close i /i/ ī /iː/ u /u/ ū /uː/
Mid e /e/ ē /eː/ o /o/ ō /oː/
Open a /a/ ā /aː/

Stress

Tsimulh languages/Lexicon has penultimate stress like Classical Nahuatl.