ayey iy u 
E 
Qa, ej, li, Ou 
Pp; t, ts, k, ly q 
Pi tly tal deiog! 
s 
x 
I 
dl 
m,n 
ALPHABET 
vocalic resonance of consonants. 
short weak vowels, very slightly voiced. 
very weak vowel of indeterminate timber, lips, 
palate, and tongue almost in rest position, larynx 
not raised. . 
diphthongized vowels, ending with a decided glot- 
tal stricture, so as to be set off from the follow- 
ing consonants, without, however, forming a 
complete glottal stop. 
strongly aspirated surd stops (k” labialized, q velar). 
ts is pronounced by many individuals as te; but 
careful speakers, particularly old men, pro- 
nounced a clear ts. When followed by w or y, 
the stops lose some of the strength of their 
aspiration. Terminal k is somewhat palatalized, 
except when it follows a w. 
very strong glottalized consonants (fortis). ts! has 
in its continuant part a pure s character.: 
as in English. 
velar spirant. 
voiceless 1. 
voiced affricative, only in the word kudlidlus 
(“butterfly ’’). 
often strongly sonant, with sonancy beginning sud- 
denly before complete labial or lingual closure. 
glottal stop. 
aspiration. All surd stops are strongly aspirated, 
but the aspiration has been indicated only in 
words beginning with a,’. 
The primary accent is always on the penultima, the weak vowels, 
ay 1) uy HOt being counted. 
