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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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! colspan=2 | !! Labial !! Alveolar/<br>Dental !! Palatal | ! colspan=2 | !! Labial !! Alveolar/<br>Dental !! Palatal !! Velar !! Glottal | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2 | Plosive | ! rowspan=2 | Plosive | ||
! pulmonic | ! pulmonic | ||
| p b || t d || (c)<ref>Dialectic variation of /tʲ/.</ref> | | p b || t d || (c)<ref>Dialectic variation of /tʲ/.</ref> || k g || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! palatalised | ! palatalised | ||
| || tʲ dʲ | | || tʲ dʲ || || kʲ gʲ || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=2 | Nasal | ! colspan=2 | Nasal | ||
| m || n̪ | | m || n̪ || || (ŋ) || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=2 | Fricative | ! colspan=2 | Fricative | ||
| || s z || ʝ | | || s z || ʝ || ɣ || ɦ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=2 | Affricate | ! colspan=2 | Affricate | ||
| || colspan=2 | t͡ɕ || | | || colspan=2 | t͡ɕ || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2 | Approximant | ! rowspan=2 | Approximant | ||
! normal | ! normal | ||
| w || || (j)<ref>Dialectic variation of /ʝ/.</ref> | | w || || (j)<ref>Dialectic variation of /ʝ/.</ref> || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! lateral | ! lateral | ||
| || l || (ʎ)<ref name="l">Dialectic variation of /l/.</ref> || || (ɫ)<ref name="l"></ref> | | || l || (ʎ)<ref name="l">Dialectic variation of /l/.</ref> || || (ɫ)<ref name="l"></ref> | ||
|} | |} | ||
====Initial voicing==== | ====Initial voicing==== | ||
Tumachee has initial voicing, meaning voiceless consonants are automatically voiced at the beginning of a word, though their orthographic representation is not changed, so ''âto'' is pronounced [átɔ] but ''sâto'' is pronounced [zátɔ]. | Tumachee has initial voicing, meaning voiceless consonants are automatically voiced at the beginning of a word, though their orthographic representation is not changed, so ''âto'' is pronounced [átɔ] but ''sâto'' is pronounced [zátɔ]. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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