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Plosive
 pʰ           tʰ               kʰ      
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
Ejective stops
             tʼ               kʼ      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Implosives
   ɓ                             ʛ̥  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
             tsʰ   tʃʰ   ʈʂʰ              
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
             tsʼ   tʃʼ   ʈʂʼ              
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n               ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
               ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
 ɸ           s   ʃ   ʂ           χ           h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Jacaltec
UPSID number: 6780
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: North American, Penutian
The languages has 32 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [pʰ] [tʰ] [kʰ] [ʔ] [ɓ] [ʛ̥] [tʼ] [kʼ] [s] [ʃ] [ʂ] [ɸ] [χ] [tsʰ] [tʃʰ] [ʈʂʰ] [tsʼ] [tʃʼ] [ʈʂʼ] [ɾ] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ŋ] [i] [u] [o] [ɛ] [ä] [h]
Comments:

Jacaltec is spoken in the Huehuetenango
department of Guatemala near the Mexican border.
Loanwords from Spanish may add /b,d,g,x/ to the segments
listed here. The implosive segments listed here appear to
be variably implosive or ejective -- the only indication
of voicing is the choice of symbol.
Sources:

Craig, C.G. 1977. The Structure of Jacaltec. University
of Texas, Austin.

Day, C. 1972. The Jacaltec Language. Indiana
University, Bloomington.