Phonology
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The consonant phonemes of Squamish, first in IPA and then in the Squamish orthography:
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| simple | affricate | lateral | plain | labialized | plain | labialized | |||||
| Stop and affricate |
/p/ p | /t/ t | /t͡s/ ts | /t͡ʃ/ ch | (/k/) (k) | /kʷ/ kw | /q/ ḵ | /qʷ/ ḵw | /ʔ/ 7 | ||
| /p’/ p’ | /t’/ t’ | /t͡s’/ ts’ | /t͡ɬ’/ lh’ | /t͡ʃ’/ ch’ | (/k’/) (k’) | /k’ʷ/ kw’ | /q’/ ḵ’ | /q’ʷ/ ḵw’ | |||
| Fricative | /s/ s | /ɬ/ lh | /ʃ/ sh | /xʷ/ xw | /χ/ x̱ | /χʷ/ x̱w | |||||
| Nasal and approximant |
/m/ m | /n/ n | /l/ l | /j/ y | /w/ w | /h/ h | |||||
| /m̰/ m’ | /n̰/ n’ | /l̰/ l’ | /j̰/ y’ | /w̰/ w’ | /ɦ̰/ h’ | ||||||
There are also four vowel phonemes, /a/, /i/, /u/, and /ə/ (spelled respectively a, i, u, and e).
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