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 p pʰ b     t̪ t̪ʰ d̪                 k kʰ ɡ    
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
Ejective stops
 pʼ       t̪ʼ                   kʼ      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
             ts                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
             tsʼ                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m       n̪                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Fricative
             s z                             h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j                    
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
   l̪                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Kiowa
UPSID number: 6785
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: North American, Kiowa-Tanoan
The languages has 42 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [pʰ] [p] [b] [t̪ʰ] [t̪] [d̪] [kʰ] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [pʼ] [t̪ʼ] [kʼ] [s] [z] [ts] [tsʼ] [l̪] [j] [m] [n̪] [ĩ] [ũ] [ẽ̞] [õ] [ɔ̃] [ã] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ɔ] [a] [õ̞ĩ] [ɔ̃ĩ] [ãĩ] [ũĩ] [o̞i] [ɔi] [ai] [ui] [h]
Comments:

Kiowa is spoken by a few hundred speakers in
south-central Oklahoma. Long and short variants of vowels
occur, with many alternations predictable from syllable
structure (Long in open, short in closed syllables). Kiowa
has high and low tones and a HL combination that occurs
only on heavy syllables (containing a long vowel, a
diphthong or a vowel + sonorant sequence). HL is
accompanied by significant glottalization. /dl/ does not
occur initially; medially it is [l]. Dental and alveolar
obstruents do not occur before /i/; velars and /j/ do not
occur before /e/. A palatal glide is clearly heard between
a velar and front /a/.
Sources:

Sivertsen, E. 1956. Pitch problems in Kiowa. International
Journal of American Linguistics 22: 117-130.

Watkins, L.J. 1984. A Grammar of Kiowa. University of
Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London.

Harrington, J.P. 1928. Vocabulary of the Kiowa Language.
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology,
bulletin 84.