Consonants[]
Witsuwitʼen has 35 consonants. Aspirated and ejective labials are rarer than other consonants.[1]
| Labial | Alveolar | Dorsal | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | sibilant | fronted | rounded | backed | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||||
| Occlusive | tenuis | b [p] | d [t] | dl [tɬ] | dz [ts] | g [c] | gʷ [kʷ] | G [q] | ʔ |
| aspirated | p [pʰ] | t [tʰ] | tɬ [tɬʰ] | ts [tsʰ] | c [cʰ] | kʷ [kʷʰ] | q [qʰ] | ||
| ejective | pʼ | tʼ | tɬʼ | tsʼ | cʼ | kʷʼ | qʼ | ||
| Continuant | voiced | l | z | y [j] | w | ɣ [ʁ] | |||
| voiceless | ɬ | s | ç | xʷ | χ | h | |||
Vowels[]
Witsuwitʼen has six underlying vowels in its inventory.
| Witsuwitʼen Vowel Inventory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Central | Back | |
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Low | a | ||