PHONETIC SYSTEM OF THE UTE LANGUAGE 21$ 



qw 

 The voiced continuant corresponding to kw is qw. 

 ntimynrnway ]vaqwyy, we 3+ are sitting 

 payjmqwajysHnHnbM^jmqwyy, 3 of us are sitting 

 pyqwa'3;, go thou to sleep! 



xw (?) 



The voiceless counterpart of qw was not noted. 



7. Front of Tongue Consonants 

 t 



Ute "t" is an unaspirated " Sprengtenuis " made by exploding the 

 tongue from the alveolar part of the roof of the mouth. 



wytatsy, little knife 



ta'wayvBirrbH, chief 



tytjy, head 



ta'a, shirt 



tiaxrhiu, winter 



tatjy, summer 



tawatjy, sun 



ta'watjy, man 



tamy'qtiSMkaq}', we 2 are sitting 



mataquitj)', moon 



takhiytjy, crow (the animal) 



tuiwa'pytH, night 



ttivuipH, earth 



kwyjaqatd, bear (the animal) 



nunay tytjyvu^a, my head-hair 



ttukuisiiy, meat 



avatymjasBiWBinja, thumb 



mmsuitM^ kwytjy, bobcat 



na'atbi, fire 



P 



The voiced continuant corresponding to t is p. The "1" of words of 

 foreign origin appears in Ute as p orq. 



