Columbia-Moses phonology

Phonology of the Columbia-Wenatchi dialect:

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Velar		Uvular		Pharyngeal		Glottal
						nor.	lab.	nor.	lab.	nor.	lab.
Plosive	plain	p	t			k	kʷ	q	qʷ			ʔ
	glottalized	pʼ	tʼ			kʼ	kʼʷ	qʼ	qʼʷ
Affricate	plain		ts
	glottalized		tsʼ	tɬʼ
Fricative			s	ɬ		x	xʷ	χ	χʷ	ħ	ħʷ	h
Nasal	plain	m	n
	glottalized	mʼ	nʼ
Trill	plain		r
	glottalized		rʼ
Approximant	plain	w		l	j					ʕ	ʕʷ
	glottalized	wʼ		lʼ	jʼ					ʕʼ	ʕʼʷ

The three vowels in Columbia-Moses are /i/, /a/, /u/. They are sometimes transcribed as [e]; /i/, [o]; /u/, and [æ]; /a/, and could also tend to sound unstressed, almost as a schwa sound, /ə/.

External links

• Columbia-Moses language