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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 |
Sounds: | [p] [t̪] [kʷ] [k] [qʷ] [q] [ʔˁ] [ʔ] [pʼ] [t̪ʼ] [kʷʼ] [kʼ] [qʷʼ] [qʼ] [*ɬ] [s] [ʃ] [xʷ] [x] [χʷ] [χ] [ħ] [*tɬ] [ts] [tʃ] [*tɬʼ] [tsʼ] [tʃʼ] [w̰] [w] [j̰] [j] [m̰] [m] [*n̰ ] [*n] [i] [o] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ä] [h] |
Comments: | |
Sources: | Jacobsen, W.H. 1969. Origin of the Nootka pharyngeals. Sapir, E. and Swadesh, M. 1939. Nootka Texts. Linguistic Sapir, E. and Swadesh, M. 1955. Native accounts of Nootka |