Chutlan
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Chutlan or Cuwt:ltan (Chutlan: Cuwt:ltan [tsʰúɸ.ɬàn]) is a language spoken by indigenous people of southern Shingtsun, in and around the Cuwt:ltan Nation.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Back | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| low | high | falling | low | high | falling | ||
| Closed | Oral | ì | í | îː | ù | ú | ûː |
| Nasalized | ĩ̀ | ĩ́ | ũ̀ | ṹ | |||
| Mid | Oral | ɛ̀ | ɛ́ | ɛ̂ː | ɤ̀ | ɤ́ | ɤ̂ː |
| Nasalized | ɛ̃̀ | ɛ̃́ | ɤ̃̀ | ɤ̃́ | |||
| Open | Oral | à | á | âː | |||
| Nasalized | ɑ̃̀ | ɑ̃́ | |||||
| Unrounded | Rounded | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rising | Falling | Rising | Falling | |
| Closed | ɤ̌i | ɤ̂i | œ̌u | œ̂u |
| Open | ǎi | âi | ɒ̌o | ɒ̂o |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex-Palatal | Palatal | Velar | Uvular-Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Lateral | Sibilant | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ⁿl | ⁿz | ɳ~ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Plosives | Lenis | p | t | tˡ | ts | ʈ~c | g | ʔ | |
| Fortis | pʰ | tʰ | tɬʰ | tsʰ | ʈʰ~cʰ | k | |||
| Fricatives,
Approximants |
Unvoiced | ɸ | ɬ | s | ʂ~ɕ | ç | χ | ||
| Voiced | β | l | z | ʐ~ʑ | ʝ | ʁ | |||
Orthography
| Letter | IPA | Letter | IPA | Letter | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A a | à | H h | χ | Oi oi | ɤ̌i |
| A: a: | á | Ƨ ȝ | ʁ | Ōi ōi | ɤ̂i |
| Ą ą | ɑ̃̀ | I i | ì | P p | pʰ |
| Ą: ą: | ɑ̃́ | I: i: | í | S s | s |
| Ā ā | âː | Į į | ĩ̀ | Š š | ʂ~ɕ |
| Ai ai | ǎi | Į: į: | ĩ́ | T t | tʰ |
| Āi āi | âi | Į: į: | ĩ́ | Tl tl | tɬʰ |
| Ao ao | ɒ̌o | Ī ī | îː | Ty ty | ʈ~c |
| Āo āo | ɒ̂o | K k | k | U u | ù |
| B b | p | L l | l | U: u: | ú |
| C c | tsʰ | Lt lt | ɬ | Ų ų | ũ̀ |
| D d | t | M m | m | Ų: ų: | ṹ |
| Dl dl | tˡ | N n | n | Ū ū | ûː |
| Dy dy | ʈ~c | Ng ng | ŋ | W w | β |
| E e | ɛ̀ | Nl nl | ⁿl | Wt wt | ɸ |
| E: e: | ɛ́ | Ny ny | ɳ~ɲ | X x | ç |
| Ę ę | ɛ̃̀ | Nz nz | ⁿz | Y y | ʝ |
| Ę: ę: | ɛ̃́ | O o | ɤ̀ | Z z | z |
| Ē ē | ɛ̂ː | O: o: | ɤ́ | Zc zc | ts |
| Eu eu | œ̌u | Ǫ ǫ | ɤ̃̀ | ∆ ı | ʔ |
| Ēu ēu | œ̂u | Ǫ: ǫ: | ɤ̃́ | ||
| G g | g | Ō ō | ɤ̂ː |