Northern Paiute's phonology is highly variable, and its phonemes have many allophones.
Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | Lab. | |||||
| Stop | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ | ||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
Vowels[]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Open-Mid | e | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
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