Proto-Sjowaazhic
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Retroflex | Alveolo-palatal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | |||||
| Plosive | tenuis | b /p/ | d /t/ | g /k/ | ʼ /ʔ/ | |||
| aspirated | (p /pʰ/) | t /tʰ/ | k /kʰ/ | |||||
| ejective | tʼ /tʼ/ | kʼ /kʼ/ | ||||||
| Fricative | lenis | z /z̊/ | ž /ʐ̊/ | ź /ʑ̊/ | r /ɣ̊/ | |||
| fortis | s /sˑ/ | š /ʂˑ/ | ś /ɕˑ/ | ch /xˑ/ | h /h/ | |||
| Affricate | tenuis | dz /ts/ | dž /tʂ/ | dź /tɕ/ | ||||
| aspirated | c /tsʰ/ | č /tʂʰ/ | ć /tɕʰ/ | |||||
| ejective | cʼ /tsʼ/ | čʼ /tʂʼ/ | ćʼ /tɕʼ/ | |||||
| Approximant | central | j /j/ | w /w/ | |||||
| lateral | l /ɫ/ | |||||||