Ejective/Inventories

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Feel free to add your conlangs, as long as you keep them separate from the natlangs in some fashion!

1 dorsal 2 dorsals 3 dorsals 4 dorsals
1 coronal /pʼ/ /pʼ tʼ kʼ/ (Nisenan, Waimoa) /pʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ/ (examples?)
no /pʼ/ /tʼ kʼ/ (examples?) /tʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (suggested for glottalic PIE)

/tʼ kʼ qʼ/ (examples?)
/tsʼ kxʼ qχʼ/ (Nǁng, sans clicks)

2 coronals /pʼ/ /pʼ tʼ tsʼ kʼ/ (examples?)

/pʼ tʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Kawésqar, Kiowa, Maidu, Oromo, Vilela)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (examples?)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Maka)
/pʼ tʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Taos, Yurok)
/pʼ tʼ tʃʼ kʼ kxʼ/ (Zulu)
/pʼ tʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Atsugewi, Aymara, Itelmen, Quechua)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ/ (Coast Salish) /pʼ tsʼ tɬʼ kʼ kʷʼ qχʼ qχʷʼ/ (Lillooet)

/pʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Shuswap)

no /pʼ/ /tʼ tsʼ kʼ/ (reconstructed Akkadian)

/tʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Selti)
/tsʼ tɬʼ kʼ/ (Sandawe)

/tʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Blin)

/tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Mpade)

3 coronals /pʼ/ /pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Amharic, Shasta, Tzeltal)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ ʈʼ kʼ/ (Valley Yokuts)
/pʼ tʼ sʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Shabo)

/pʼ t̪ʼ sʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Tigrinya)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Ossetian)
/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Chechen, Georgian, Puelche, Kubachi, Ventureño)
/pʼ tʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ qχʼ/ (Wintu)
/pʼ tsʼ tʃʼ cʎ̝̥ʼ kxʼ kxʷʼ/ (Hadza)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ cʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Chipaya)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ ʡʼ/ (Dargwa)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Nuxálk)
no /pʼ/ /t̪ʼ tʼ tsʼ kʼ/ (Trumai)

/t̪ʼ sʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Tigre)
/tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Otomi)

/tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Haida, Koyukon)

/tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ/ (K'iche')
/tʼ sʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Xamtanga)

/tʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʲʼ kʷʼ/ (Chaha)

/tsʼ tɬʼ cʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Hausa)

4 coronals /pʼ/ /pʼ t̪ʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Wappo)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Sesotho)
/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ tʂʼ kʼ/ (Bench)

/pʼ t̪ʼ sʼ tʃʼ ʃʼ kʼ χʼ/ (Lakota)

/pʼ t̪ʼ θʼ sʼ tʃʼ kʼ xʼ/ (Chiwere)
/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Hanis, Hunzib, Tsez)
/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʲʼ tʃʼ kʼ kxʼ/ (Xhosa)
/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ tʃʷʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Tabasaran)

/pʼ tθʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Halkomelem)

/pʼ tʼ tːʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ qːʼ/ (Bats)
/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Chemakum, Klallam)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Quileute, Umatilla)
no /pʼ/ /tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Navajo) /tʼ tsʼ sʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Mazahua)

/tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Sekani)
/tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Dena'ina, Eyak)
/tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ tʂʼ kʼ kʲʼ/ (Mam)

5 coronals /pʼ/ /pʼ t̪ʼ tʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ cʎ̝̥ʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Dahalo)
/pʼ tθʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Saanich)

(Lezgian, see below)

no /pʼ/ /tθʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Slavey) /tθʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Chipewyan) /t̪ʼ ts̪ʼ ts̱ˤʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Chilcotin)
6 coronals /pʼ/
no /pʼ/ /tθʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ tʂʼ kʼ/ (Hän)

Systems with stop/fric contrasts

Barbareño
plosive tsʼ tʃʼ
fricative ʃʼ

(3 coronal + 2 dorsal POAs)

Tlingit
plosive tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʷʼ qʷʼ
fricative ɬʼ xʷʼ χʼ χʷʼ

(4 coronal + 4 dorsal POAs)

North Caucasian 2ndary articulation batfuckery

Lezgian
plain tsʼ tʃʼ
labzd tʷʼ tsʷʼ kʷʼ qʷʼ
  • /pʼ fʼ tʼ tsʼ ɬʼ ɕʼ kʼ kʲʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Kabardian)
Archi
plain tsʼ tʃʼ kʟ̝̊ʼ qˤʼ
labzd tsʷʼ tʃʷʼ kʷʼ kʟ̝̊ʷʼ qʷʼ qˤʷʼ
tense tsːʼ tʃːʼ qːʼ qːˤʼ
Abkhaz
plain tsʼ tʃʼ tʂʼ
palzd tɕʼ kʲʼ qʲʼ
lab(pal)zd tʷʼ tɕʷʼ kʷʼ qʷʼ

For Ubykh, add to this a lateral /ɬʼ/ and three pharyngealized consonants /pˤʼ qˤʼ qˤʷʼ/.