Pronunciation Drills
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The Stops P, T, Č, K
The Fricatives S, Š, H
The Resonants M, N, L, W, Y
The Stops Kʷ, C, Q, Qʷ
The Fricatives ł, X̣, Xʷ, X̣ʷ
The Glottalized Stops P̓, T̓, C̓, č̓, k̓ʷ, Q̓, q̓ʷ, ƛ̓
The Glottalized Resonants M̓, N̓, L̓, W̓, Y̓
The Vowels A, E, I, O, U
The Stress
This stress mark appears as an apostrophe shape mark over the top of a letter. It is used to indicate which vowel receives the major emphasis or stress in a sentence. The primary stress is the loudest.
This stress mark appears as a slanted dash over the letter and is a secondary stress that is placed over the vowel which receives the second brightest or loudest stress in the sentence.
Vowels which receive weak stress remain unmarked.
Each sentence will have a primary stress. Thus in the sentence; stém aspuʔús, the final syllable receives the loudest stress, the first syllable receives the secondary stress, and the second syllable receives the weak stress which remains unmarked.
40 glottal stop
41 long vowels
42 long consonants