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 p       t̪               c   kʷ   q qʷ  
 
 
 
 
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Ejective stops
 pʼ       t̪ʼ               cʼ   kʷʼ   qʷʼ qʼ  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
             ts                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
             *tɬʼ tsʼ                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m       n̪                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Fricative
             s           ç   xʷ   χ χʷ           h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
     *ɬ                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
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       *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Bella coola
UPSID number: 6771
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: N. American, Almosan
The languages has 31 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [p] [t̪] [c] [kʷ] [qʷ] [q] [ʔ] [pʼ] [t̪ʼ] [cʼ] [kʷʼ] [qʷʼ] [qʼ] [*ɬ] [s] [ç] [xʷ] [χʷ] [χ] [ts] [*tɬʼ] [tsʼ] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [n̪] [ɪ] [ʊ] [ä] [h]
Comments:

Bella Coola is spoken by perhaps 75 remaining
fluent speakers in Bella Coola on the central coast of
British Columbia. Reduplication rules that copy a single
consonant clarify that the ejectives and affricates listed
are not clusters. High vowels alternate with /w,j/.
Syllabic instances of /m,n,l/ (phonetically shwa before
sonorant) are largely predictable from phonological and
morphological context.
Sources:

Nater, H.F. 1984. The Bella Coola Language. National
Museum of Man Mercury Series, Canadian Ethnology Service
Paper No. 92. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.

Newman, S. 1947. Bella Coola I: Phonology. International
Journal of American Linguistics 13/3: 129-134.