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The Siuslaw^ system of vowels and diphthongs may be represented 

 as follows: 



Vowels Semi-vowels Diphthongs 



a (e) i i o 11 ii, "^ y <^' «" «* ^" "^^ 



a d e I u a' d" v} 



The umlauted a occurs rarely, and is pronounced like d in German 

 wdhlen; i is pronounced like the Slavic short ?/- vowel; and '^ indicates 

 very short quantit3^ 



§3. Consonants 



The consonantic system deviates in a great many respects from 

 those of the neighboring tribes. Its chief characteristics are the total 

 absence of the anterior palatal series (gr*, k'^ k'/, x'); the absence of 

 all sonants excepting d; the presence of a palatal lateral (^); and, 

 above all, the occurrence of a double series of glottalized explosives 

 differing in the quality and amount of stress employed in their 

 production. The real explosives are followed in this sketch by the 

 sign of exclamation (!), while the glottalized stops of ordinary strength 

 will be found accompanied by the apostrophe ('). The latter seem to 

 be confined to the consonants of the dental series and to k. The surds 

 t and k occur also as aspirated consonants. 



The following table illustrates the Siuslaw consonantic system: 



Sonant Surd Fortis Aspirated Spirant Nasal 



Velar - q q/ - x - 



Palatal - k{w) ^/{w) Tc - - 



Alveolar d t t!^f f s, c n 



Affricative - ts, tc ts/,tc/ - _ _ 



ts\ tc' 



Labial - p P-^ {'•) - - m 



Lateral - l l! l^l',l - 



Glottal stop ^ 



Aspiration 



y h w Ih"^ 



The palatal I' is pronounced like I in the English word lure. The 

 glottal stop occurs seldom, and seems to be associated with the explo- 

 sive character of the consonants following it, although I did not suc- 

 ceed in verifying this connection definitely. The aspiration corre- 



1 Whenever the term " Siuslaw " is used, it is to be understood as referring to the whole group, and 

 not to the dialect only. 



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