Inventory Tlacolula Valley Zapotec; Western Tlacolula Zapotec; Zapotec, San Juan Guelavía (PH 1078)

Segment class Segment Marginal Allophones Representation

Consonants (Pulmonic)

Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal  Velar  Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal
Plosive p b t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ   ʔ  
Nasal m ɱ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ
Trill ʙ r ʀ
Tap or Flap ɾ̪ ɾ ɽ
Fricative ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ h ɦ
Lateral fricative ɬ ɮ
Approximant ʋ ɹ ɻ j ɰ
Lateral approximant l ɭ ʎ ʟ

Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas denote articulations judged impossible.

Consonants (Non-Pulmonic)

Clicks Voiced implosives
ʘ Bilabial ɓ Bilabial
ǀ Dental ɗ Dental/alveolar
ǃ (Post)alveolar ʄ Palatal
ǂ Palatoalveolar ɠ Velar
ǁ Alveolar lateral ʛ Uvular

Vowels

Vowel Quadrilateral
Front Central Back Close Close-mid Open-mid Open

Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a rounded vowel.

Other Segments

t̠ʃ LATIN SMALL LETTER T - COMBINING MINUS SIGN BELOW - LATIN SMALL LETTER ESH
w LATIN SMALL LETTER W
ts LATIN SMALL LETTER T - LATIN SMALL LETTER S
d̠ʒ LATIN SMALL LETTER D - COMBINING MINUS SIGN BELOW - LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH
LATIN SMALL LETTER L - MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON
LATIN SMALL LETTER M - MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON
LATIN SMALL LETTER N - MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON
ŋː LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG - MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON
LATIN SMALL LETTER A - COMBINING TILDE BELOW
LATIN SMALL LETTER E - COMBINING TILDE BELOW
LATIN SMALL LETTER I - COMBINING TILDE BELOW
LATIN SMALL LETTER O - COMBINING TILDE BELOW
LATIN SMALL LETTER U - COMBINING TILDE BELOW
LATIN SMALL LETTER A - COMBINING DIAERESIS BELOW
LATIN SMALL LETTER E - COMBINING DIAERESIS BELOW
LATIN SMALL LETTER I - COMBINING DIAERESIS BELOW
LATIN SMALL LETTER O - COMBINING DIAERESIS BELOW
LATIN SMALL LETTER U - COMBINING DIAERESIS BELOW
ɯ̤ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED M - COMBINING DIAERESIS BELOW
ɯ̰ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED M - COMBINING TILDE BELOW