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tθ tθʰ | tʃ tʃʰ | kxʰ kxʷʰ |
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tθʼ | *tsʼ *tɬʼ | tʃʼ |
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| Selected languages: | Chipewyan |
| UPSID number: | 6106 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Na-Dene, Athabaskan |
| The languages has | 52 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [*tˠʰ] [*t] [kʷ] [k] [ʔ] [*tʼ] [kʷʼ] [kʼ] [*s] [*z] [ʃ] [θ] [ð] [xʷ] [ɣʷ] [x] [ɣ] [*tɬʰ] [*tɬ] [*tsʰ] [*ts] [tʃʰ] [tʃ] [tθʰ] [tθ] [kxʷʰ] [kxʰ] [*tɬʼ] [*tsʼ] [tʃʼ] [tθʼ] [*r] [*l̥] [*l] [j] [*n] [ĩː] [ĩ] [ũː] [ũ] [ä̃ː] [ä̃] [iː] [i] [uː] [u] [e] [o] [äː] [ä] [h] |
| Comments: | |
| Sources: | Li, F-K. 1932. A list of Chipewyan stems. International Li, F-K. 1933. Chipewyan consonants. Bulletin of the Li, F-K. 1946. Chipewyan. In H. Hoijer (ed.), Linguistic |