Oowekyala sounds

Consonants

The 45 consonants of Oowekyala:

		Labial	Alveolar			Velar		Uvular		Glottal
			central	lateral	sibilant	plain	labial	plain	labial
Plosive	voiced	b	d	d͡l	d͡z	ɡ	ɡʷ	ɢ	ɢʷ
	voiceless	p	t	t͡ɬ	t͡s	k	kʷ	q	qʷ	ʔ
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	t͡ɬʰ	t͡sʰ	kʰ	kʷʰ	qʰ	qʷʰ
	ejective	pʼ	tʼ	t͡ɬʼ	t͡sʼ	kʼ	kʷʼ	qʼ	qʷʼ
Fricative	voiceless	f		ɬ	s	x	xʷ	χ	χʷ
	voiced	v		ɮ	z	ɣ	ɣʷ	ʁ	ʁʷ
Nasal	short	m	n			ŋ	ŋʷ
	long	mː	nː
	glottalized	mˀ	nˀ			ŋˀ	ŋʷˀ
Approximant	short	ʋ	ɹ	l		j	w			ɦ
	long	ʋː	ɹː	lː
	glottalized	ʋˀ	ɹˀ	lˀ		jˀ	wˀ			ʔ

Phonologically, affricates are treated as stops, and nasals and approximants are treated as sonorants. Additionally, /ɦ/ and /ʔ/ are treated as sonorants.

Vowels

Oowekyala has phonemic short, long, and glottalized vowels.:

	Front			Central			Back
	short	long	glottalized	short	long	glottalized	short	long	glottalized
Close	i	iː	iˀ	ɨ	ɨː	ɨˀ	u	uː	uˀ
Close-mid	e	eː	eˀ	ə			o	oː	oˀ
Open-mid	ɛ	ɛː	ɛˀ				ɔ	ɔː	ɔˀ
Open	æ	æː	æˀ	a	aː	aˀ	ɒ	ɒː	ɒˀ

External links

• Oowekyala