Athapascan Indians; Indians of North America -- California
-------------+--------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------
| | Labial | Apical | Frontal| Dorsal
-------------+--------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------
| fully voiced | g
| +-----------------------------------
| medium voiced | b d G
+--------------------+-----------------------------------
Stops | voiceless |
| non-glottalized | t k
| +-----------------------------------
| voiceless |
| glottalized | t' k'
-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------
| non-glottalized | ts tc
Affricates +--------------------+-----------------------------------
| glottalized | ts' tc'
-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------
| voiceless | s c
Spirants +--------------------+-----------------------------------
| voiced |
-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------
Nasals | | n ñ
-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------
Semivowels | | w y
-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------
| voiced | l
Laterals +--------------------+-----------------------------------
| voiceless | [-l]
-------------+--------------------+-----------------------------------
Goddard gives the following vowels.
i as in pique (written with an iota by Goddard)
e as a in fate
E as in met (written with an epsilon by Goddard)
a as in father
A as u in but (written with an alpha by Goddard)
o as in note
Following is a rough correspondence between Goddard's and Merriam's
orthographies.
_Comparison of Orthographies_
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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