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Phonology[edit | edit source]
The phonemes of Rio Grande Tewa are as follows:
Vowels[edit | edit source]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | u ũ |
| Close-mid | e ẽ | o õ |
| Open | æ æ̃ | a ã |
Consonants[edit | edit source]
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nor. | lab. | |||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | ts | tʃ | k | kʷ | ʔ |
| ejective | pʼ | tʼ | tsʼ | tʃʼ | kʼ | kʷʼ | ||
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | θ | s | ʃ | x | xʷ | h |
| voiced | v | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||
| Tap/Flap | ɾ | |||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||
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