Zuni Language - Sounds

Sounds

The 16 consonants of Zuni in orthography (with IPA phonetic symbol when different from orthography):

Bilabial Dental/Alveolar Post-
alveolar		 Palatal Velar Glottal
central lateral plain labial
Plosive p t k, ky /k/ kw /kʷ/ ’ /ʔ/
Affricate ts ch /tʃ/
Fricative s ł /ɬ/ sh /ʃ/ h
Nasal m n
Approximant l y /j/ w

Zuni vowels:

Front back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Zuni syllables have the following specification:

C(C)V(ː)(C)(C)

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