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Revision as of 06:00, 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 | kʷ | ʔ | ʔʷ | ||
| breathy voiced | bʰ | dʰ | (gʰ) | gʷʰ | |||||
| ejective | pʼ | tʼ | kʼ | kʷʼ | |||||
| Fricative | s | ł | ś | ||||||
| Affricate | tenuis | c | ƛ | ḱ | |||||
| breathy voiced | ʒʰ | λʰ | ǵʰ | ||||||
| ejective | cʼ | 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 ī | u ū | |
| Mid | e ē | o ō | |
| Open | a ā |
Stress
Tsimulh languages/Lexicon has penultimate stress like Classical Nahuatl.