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Labial
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Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
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Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
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Uvular
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Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
p                         k   q  
 
 
 
 
ʔ ʔˁ
 
Ejective stops
      t̪ʼ                   kʷʼ   qʷʼ  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
            ts                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral affricates
        *tɬ                          
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
            *tɬʼ tsʼ   tʃʼ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           *n *n̰                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
            s   ʃ           x   χ χʷ   ħ       h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                         
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Tseshaht
UPSID number: 6730
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: N. American, Almosan
The languages has 42 segments
Frequency index: N/A
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Sources:

Jacobsen, W.H. 1969. Origin of the Nootka pharyngeals.
International Journal of American Linguistics 35/2:
125-153.

Sapir, E. and Swadesh, M. 1939. Nootka Texts. Linguistic
Society of America, Philadelphia.

Sapir, E. and Swadesh, M. 1955. Native accounts of Nootka
ethnography (IJAL and Linguistics). Indiana University,
Bloomington.