Tsimulh languages/Lexicon
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Phonology
Consonants
Consonants | |||||||||
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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 | [h~ɦ] | |||||
Affricate | tenuis | c | ƛ | ć | |||||
breathy voiced | ʒʰ | λʰ | ʒ́ʰ | ||||||
ejective | cʼ | ƛʼ | ćʼ | ||||||
Approximant | l | y | w |
Vowels
Tsimulh languages/Lexicon has five short and long monophthongs. There are no diphthongs.
Front | Central | Back | |
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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.