Mescalero language

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Mescalero is a Southern Athabaskan language that is spoken in New Mexico.

Contents 1 Sounds 1.1 Consonants 1.2 Vowels 2 Bibliography

[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.

[edit] Bibliography