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Main article: Kī́rtako

This page gives an extensive description of Kī́rtako phonological features.

Consonants

The consonant system distinguishes 22 phonemes, traditionally arranged in the following scheme:

		IPA			Transcription
plosive	ejective	[ṕ]	[ḱ]	[t́]	ṕ	ḱ	t́
	voiceless	[p]	[k]	[t]	p	k	t
	voiced		[g]			g
retroflex		[ʈ]	[ʂ]	[ɳ]	ʈ	ʂ	ɳ
nasal		[m]		[n]	m		n
liquid		[r]		[l]	r		l
fricative	velar		[ɣ]			ɣ
	sibilant		[s]			s
	alveolar		[ʃ]			š
	glottal	[ʔ]		[h]	ʔ		h
	approximant	[j]		[w]	j		w
affricate			[ʦ]			ts

The group of the plosive consonants distinguishes three sub-groups: voiceless, voiced, and aspirated, even though the voiced sub-group includes only the phoneme [g].

The group of the fricative consonants is overall well developed, although less rich, like the group of the nasal and of the liquid consonants. The glottal consonant, [ʔ], while formally a plosive, is traditionally included in the fricative group. The phonemes [j] and [w] have a full consonantal value and they are never regarded as semivowels.