Colorado River Numic phonology

Consonant and vowel charts for the westernmost and easternmost dialects are given.

Consonants

Consonant phonemes in Chemehuevi dialect

	labial	dental	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p	t	ts	k, kʷ	ʔ
voiceless fricative		s			h
tap/flap		ɾ
voiced fricative	β			ɣ, ɣʷ
nasal	m, mˀ	n, nˀ		ŋ, ŋˀ, ŋʷ
glide	w, wˀ		j, jˀ

Consonant phonemes in Southern Ute dialect

	labial	dental	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p	t	tʃ	k, kʷ	ʔ
voiceless fricative		s
tap/flap		ɾ
voiced fricative	β			ɣ, ɣʷ
nasal	m	n
glide	w		j

Vowels

Vowel phonemes in Chemehuevi dialect

	front	central	back-unrounded	back
high	i		ɯ	u
mid				o
low		ɑ

Vowel phonemes in Southern Ute dialect

	front	front-rounded	central	back-unrounded	back
high	i			ɯ	u
mid		ø
low			ɑ

Vowels can be long or short. Short unstressed vowels can be devoiced.

External links

• Colorado River Numic language