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===Inventory=== | ===Inventory=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border="1" cellpadding="3" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border="1" cellpadding="3" | ||
| − | ! | + | ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | |
| − | + | ! rowspan=2 |Bilabial | |
| − | ! rowspan=2 | | + | ! colspan="3" |Alveolar |
| − | ! | + | ! rowspan="2" |Palatal |
| − | ! | + | ! colspan="2" |Velar |
| − | ! | ||
| − | |||
! rowspan=2 |Glottal | ! rowspan=2 |Glottal | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! | + | !Plain |
| − | ! | + | !Lateral |
| + | !Affricate | ||
| + | !Plain | ||
| + | !Labialized | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | !align="left"| | + | ! colspan="2" align="left" |Nasal |
| − | |align="center"| | + | |align="center"|m |
| − | |align="center"| | + | |align="center"|n |
| + | | | ||
| | | | ||
| − | |||
|align="center"| | |align="center"| | ||
|align="center"| | |align="center"| | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! | + | ! rowspan="3" |Stop |
| − | + | !Unaspirated | |
| − | | | + | |p |
| − | | | + | |t |
| − | | | + | |tɬ |
| − | | | + | |ʦ |
| − | | | + | |ʧ |
| − | | | + | |k |
| | | | ||
| + | |ʔ | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! | + | !Aspirated |
| − | |||
| | | | ||
| − | | | + | |tˣ |
| − | | | + | |tɬʰ |
| − | | | + | |ʦʰ |
| − | | | + | |ʧʰ |
| + | |kˣ | ||
| + | |kʷˣ | ||
| | | | ||
| − | |||
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! | + | !Ejective |
| | | | ||
| − | | | + | |tʼ |
| − | | | + | |tɬʰ |
| − | | | + | |ʦʼ |
| − | | | + | |ʧʼ |
| − | | | + | |kʼ |
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | !align="left"| | + | ! rowspan="2" align="left" |Fricative |
| + | !Voiceless | ||
| + | | align="center" | | ||
| + | |s | ||
| + | |ɬ | ||
| + | | align="center" | | ||
| + | | align="center" |ʃ | ||
| + | | align="center" |x | ||
| + | |xʷ | ||
| + | | align="center" | | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | !Voiced | ||
| | | | ||
| + | |z | ||
| + | | rowspan="2" |l | ||
| | | | ||
| − | | | + | |ʒ |
| − | | | + | | rowspan="2" |ɣ |
| − | | | + | | rowspan="2" |ɣʷ |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! | + | ! colspan="2" align="left" |Approximant |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
| + | | align="center" | | ||
| + | | align="center" |j | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
18:13, 13 Tʼą́ą́chil 2022 yę́ędą́ą́ʼ
Here is an introduction to the sound system of Navajo.
Vowels
Inventory (Monophthongs)
| Front | Back | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | Nasal | Oral | Nasal | |||||
| High | ɪ | iː | ɪ̃ | ĩː | ||||
| Mid | e | eː | ẽ | ẽː | o | oː | õ | õː |
| Low | ɑ | ɑː | ɑ̃ | ɑ̃ː | ||||
Subtitle
Diphthongs
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Vɪ̯ | Vɪ̯ | Vo̯ | |
| High | oɪ̯ | ||
| Mid | eɪ̯ | ||
| Low | ɑɪ̯ | ɑo̯ | |
Subtitle.
Consonants
Inventory
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | Lateral | Affricate | Plain | Labialized | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||||
| Stop | Unaspirated | p | t | tɬ | ʦ | ʧ | k | ʔ | |
| Aspirated | tˣ | tɬʰ | ʦʰ | ʧʰ | kˣ | kʷˣ | |||
| Ejective | tʼ | tɬʰ | ʦʼ | ʧʼ | kʼ | ||||
| Fricative | Voiceless | s | ɬ | ʃ | x | xʷ | |||
| Voiced | z | l | ʒ | ɣ | ɣʷ | ||||
| Approximant | j | ||||||||
Subtitle.
See Also
External Links
References
- Dene Speech Atlas