This article discusses the phonology of the Zuni language, spoken in the southwestern United States.
Consonants[]
The 16 consonants of Zuni:
| Bila -bial |
Dental/ Alveolar |
Post -al. |
Pala -tal |
Velar | Glo- ttal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cen. | late. | plain | labi. | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||||
| Stop | plain | p | t | (kʲ) | k | kʷ | ʔ | ||
| ejective | (kʼ) | (kʼʷ) | |||||||
| Affricate | plain | ts | tʃ | ||||||
| ejective | (tsʼ) | (tʃʼ) | |||||||
| Fricative | s | ɬ | ʃ | h | |||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||||||
Vowels[]
| Front | back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i iː | u uː |
| Mid | e eː | o oː |
| Low | a aː | |