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Appendix:Lushootseed pronunciation

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Lushootseed pronunciations in Wiktionary entries.

See Lushootseed phonology on Wikipedia for more details.

Lushootseed consonant pronunciation
IPA Examples English
approximation
Normal Ejective
"glottalized"		 Labialized
"raised w"		 Labialized
ejective
/ʔ/ ʔačəda uh-oh
/b/ buus [1] boy
/t͡s/ cəlac c̓ukʷs cats
/t͡ʃ/ čəd č̓uʔ church
/d/ day̓ dump
/d͡z/ dᶻəlačiʔ suds
/ɡ/ gedged gʷədilalʔtxʷ gun
/h/ hay happy
/d͡ʒ/ ǰuʔil joy
/k/ kəpu k̓aʔk̓aʔ kʷəd x̌ik̓ʷ kiss
/l/ ləli dᶻidᶻəlal̕ič lot
/ɬ/ ɬixʷ
/t͜ɬ/ ƛ̕ub
/m/ miʔman̓ [2] [2] mother
/n/ niɬ [2] miʔman̓ [2] nap
/p/ pastəd p̓əč̓əb pasta
/q/ qəlb q̓il̕bid qʷuʔ q̓ʷəl
/s/ saliʔ sound
/ʃ/ šəqabac sheet
/t/ ti t̕igʷicid teeth
/w/ wiw̓su wiw̓su well
/xʷ/ xʷiʔ which
/χ/ x̌əč x̌ʷəlč
/j/ yəhaw̓ huy̓ yell
Lushootseed vowel pronunciation
IPA Examples English
approximation
/ɑ/ ʔačəda hot (US),
palm (UK)
/ə/ gʷəd Tina
/i/ ʔi [NL 1] bee
/e/ ʔi [SL 1] bay
/u/ buus [NL 1] boot
/o/ buus [SL 1] boat
  1. ^ Glottalized b is rare
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Rare due to a consonant shift over the past 200 years. /m/ was replaced by /b/ and /n/ was replaced by /d/
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Northern Lushootseed
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Southern Lushootseed
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