Mescalero language
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Mescalero is a Southern Athabaskan language that is spoken in New Mexico.
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[edit] Sounds
[edit] Consonants
Mescalero has 31 consonants:
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | |||||||
| Stop | unaspirated | p | t | k | ||||
| aspirated | tʰ | kʰ | ||||||
| ejective | t’ | k’ | ʔ | |||||
| Affricate | unaspirated | ʦ | tɮ | ʧ | ||||
| aspirated | ʦʰ | tɬʰ | ʧʰ | |||||
| ejective | ʦ’ | tɬ’ | ʧ’ | |||||
| Nasal | simple | m | n | |||||
| prenasalized | (mb) | nd | ||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ɬ | ʃ | x | h | ||
| voiced | z | ɮ | ʒ | ʝ | ɣ | |||
[edit] Vowels
Mescalero has 16 vowels:
| Front | Central | Back | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | ||
| High | oral | i | iː | ||||
| nasal | ĩ | ĩː | |||||
| Mid | oral | ɛ | ɛː | o | oː | ||
| nasal | ɛ̃ | ɛ̃ː | õ | õː | |||
| Low | oral | a | aː | ||||
| nasal | ã | ãː | |||||
Mescalero has phonemic oral, nasal, short, and long vowels.
