Southern Tiwa phonology

Southern Tiwa has 26 consonants:

Consonants

		Bilabial	Dental	Lateral	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
							plain	lab.
Plosive	voiced	b	d				ɡ
	voiceless	p	t				k	kʷ	ʔ
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ				kʰ
	glottalized	pʼ	tʼ				kʼ	kʷʼ
Affricate	voiceless					tʃ
	glottalized					tʃʼ
Fricative		f		ɬ	s	ʃ			h	hʷ
Trill					r
Nasal		m	n
Approximant		w		l		j

Southern Tiwa has six vowels that have both an oral and nasal contrast.

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	oral	nasal	oral	nasal	oral	nasal
High	i	ĩ			u	ũ
Mid	e	ẽ	ə	ə̃	o	õ
Low			a	ã

Southern Tiwa has three tones: high, mid, and low.

External links

• Southern Tiwa language