Consonants[]
Kitsai has the following consonants:[1] Those consonants that differ from the IPA rendering are bracketed.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Affricate | c [t͡s] | j [t͡ʃ] | ||||
| Fricative | f | s | z [ʃ] | x | h | |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Approximant | w | r | y [j] | q [ɰ] | ||
Vowels[]
Kitsai has the following vowel phonemes:
| Short | Long | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Back | Front | Back | |
| High | i | u | iː | uː |
| Mid | e | o | eː | oː |
| Low | æ | a | æː | aː |
References[]
- ↑ Vantine, John Liessman (1980). Aspects of Kitsai Phonology. MA Thesis, University of Manitoba.