Consonants
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Labial
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Alveolar
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Postalveolar
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Alveolopalatal
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Retroflex
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Velar
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Uvular
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Pharyngeal
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Glottal
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lab.
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plain
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lab.
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plain
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lab.
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plain
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lab.
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plain
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lab.
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plain
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lab.
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| Nasal
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m
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n
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| Plosive
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voiceless
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p
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t
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kʷ
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q
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qʷ
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ʔ
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ʔʷ
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b
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d
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gʷ
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p'
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pʷ'
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t'
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tʷ'
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kʷ'
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| Affricate
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voiceless
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t͡s
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t͡sʷ
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t͡ʃ
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t͡ʂ
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d͡z
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d͡zʷ
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d͡ʒ
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t͡s'
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t͡ʃ'
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t͡ʂ'
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| Fricative
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voiceless
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f
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s
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ɬ
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ʃ
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ʃʷ
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ɕ
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ʂ
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x
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xʷ
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χ
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χʷ
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ħ
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z
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ɮ
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ʒ
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ʒʷ
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ʑ
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ʐ
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ɣ
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ʁ
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ʁʷ
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ɬ'
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ʃ'
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ʃʷ'
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| Approximant
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j
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w
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| Trill
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r
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Vowels
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Central
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ə
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| Open
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a aː
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Red Laqi's vowel system highly reduced, especially in comparison with its extensive consonant inventory. Correlations with related varieties suggests that the labialized consonants derive from ancestral Consonant-Back Vowel syllables, with the roundness converted into labialization. Similarly, the broad range of palatalized consonants derive from ancestral Consonant-Front Vowel syllables.
Depending on the subvariety, Red Laqi's three remaining vowel phonemes are either interpreted as above, two ranks in which there is a distinction between long and short in the Open rank, or as below, of three ranks.
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Central
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| Close-mid
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ə
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| Open-mid
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ɜ
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| Open
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a
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This latter interpretation is the source of Red Laqi's transcription style, despite the former interpretation reflecting a more common pronunciation as well as longstanding morphological patterns (i.e. two e vowels combining to form a).
Transcription
| Character
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Phoneme
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Examples
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| A a
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/aː/
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aban "hole"
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| B b
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/b/
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be "a lot (of)"
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| C
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C c
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/t͡s/
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cage "rib", cy "body hair"
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| C° c°
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/t͡sʷ/
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c°y "ox"
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| C' c'
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/t͡s'/
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c'yfy "person"
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| Ć ć
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/t͡ʃ/
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ćefy "cheerful, pleased"
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| Ć' ć'
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/t͡ʃ'/
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ć'ymafe "winter", ćase "late", ćyg°e "land"
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| Ĉ ĉ
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/t͡ʂ/
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ĉy'e "cold"
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| Ĉ' ĉ'
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/t͡ʂ'/
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ĉyfe "debt"
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| D
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D d
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/d/
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dedźe "bitter"
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| Dz dz
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/d͡z/
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dzeue "bag", dze "combat, war"
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| Dz° dz°
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/d͡zʷ/
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ḥandz°e "rick, 1.208 m3"
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| Dź dź
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/d͡ʒ/
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dźane "dress, robe, shirt", łamydź "bridge"
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| E e
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/a/
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'eneẑ, neneẑ "grandmother"
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| F f
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/f/
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fyžy "white"
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| G
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G g
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/ɣ/
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gyć'yġ "laundry", ge "gonad"
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| G° g°
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/gʷ/
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g°y "heart"
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| Ġ ġ
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/ʁ/
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ġathe "spring", -ġe "-ity, -ness"
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| Ġ° ġ°
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/ʁʷ/
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ġ°yneġ°y "neighbour"
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| H
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H h
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/x/
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-he "-s (plural marker)"
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| Ḥ ḥ
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/ħ/
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ḥe "dog"
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| I i
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/j/
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iai "theirs", iat'e "dirt"
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| K
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K° k°
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/kʷ/
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k°y "cart"
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| K°' k°'
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/kʷ'/
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k°'akle "strong", -k°'e "-er"
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| L
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L l
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/ɮ/
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ly "meat"
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| Ł ł
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/ɬ/
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łaše "weak"
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| Ł' ł'
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/ɬ'/
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ł'y "man"
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| M m
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/m/
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maze "moon", mepy "sheep"
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| N n
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/n/
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ne "eye", ny "mother"
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| P
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P p
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/p/
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plyžy "red" paie "for, in order to"
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| P' p'
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/p'/
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p'e "bed"
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| P°'
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/pʷ'/
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p°'yr "apprentice"
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| Q
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Q q
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/q/
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qek°'eḥyn "to stroll, roam" maq "voice"
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| Q° q°
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/qʷ/
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q°yŝe "mountain", q°e "-son (patronymic)"
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| R r
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/r/
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rezeġen "to become content"
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| S
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S s
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/s/
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se "I, me", seśh°e "sabre"
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| Ś ś
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/ʃ/
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śy "horse, brother"
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| Ś' ś'
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/ʃ'/
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ś'yn "to do"
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| Ś° ś°
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/ʃʷ/
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ś°y- "you all (imperative plural marker)"
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| Ś°' ś°'
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/ʃ'ʷ/
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ś°'yc'e "black"
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| Š š
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/ɕ/
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šy "three"
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| Ŝ ŝ
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/ʂ/
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ŝe "hundred", ŝabe "soft, meek"
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| T
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T t
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/t/
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te "we"
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| T' t'
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/t'/
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nyt'e "yes"
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| T°' t°'
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/tʷ'/
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t°'yrys "old"
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| U u
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/w/
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uyben "to tamp, make smooth"
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| X
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X x
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/χ/
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xyien "to move"
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| X° x°
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/χʷ/
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-x°y "male ___"
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| Y y
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/ə/
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zy "one"
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| Z
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Z z
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/z/
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-bze "female ___, -speech"
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| Ź ź
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/ʒ/
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bźyḥe "autumn"
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| Ź° ź°
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/ʒʷ/
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ź°aġ°e "star"
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| Ž ž
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/ʑ/
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žaua "shadow"
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| Ẑ ẑ
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/ʐ/
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ẑy "old", ẑaẑe "slow"
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| '
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'
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/ʔ/
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'e "hand"
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| '°
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/ʔʷ/
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'°yćen "to meet"
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