Ejective/Inventories

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coronals 1 dorsal 2 dorsals 3 dorsals 4 dorsals
1 no /pʼ/ (/tʼ kʼ/?) /tʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (suggested for glottalic PIE)

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

1
/pʼ/ /pʼ tʼ kʼ/ (Nisenan, Waimoa) /pʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ/ (examples?) 2
2 no /pʼ/ /tʼ tsʼ kʼ/ (reconstructed Akkadian)

/tʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Selti)
/tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Tz'utujil)
/tsʼ tɬʼ kʼ/ (Sandawe)

/tʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Blin)

/tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Mpade, Zuni)

/tʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʲʼ kʷʼ/ (Chaha, Inor)

/tsʼ tɬʼ cʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Hausa)

10
/pʼ/ /pʼ pʷʼ t̪ʼ tʼ kʼ/ (Venda)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ kʼ/ (examples?)
/pʼ tʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Kawésqar, Kiowa, Maidu, Oromo, Vilela, Wolaytta)

/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, Klamath, Quechua, Tehuelche)

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

/pʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Shuswap)

20
3 no /pʼ/ /t̪ʼ tʼ tsʼ kʼ/ (Trumai)

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

/tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Haida, Koyukon)

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

9
/pʼ/ /pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Amharic, Shasta, Takelma, Tzeltal (+etc. Mayan))

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

/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/ (Nez Perce, Nuxálk) 20
4 no /pʼ/ /tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Navajo + other South Athabaskan)

/tʼ (t)θʼ (t)sʼ (t)ɬʼ kʼ/ (Proto-Semitic)

/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)
/tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ tʂʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Akatek)

/tθʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ/ (Tahltan)
/tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Tillamook) 10
/pʼ/ /pʼ t̪ʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Southern Pomo, Wappo)

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

/pʼ t̪ʼ sʼ tʃʼ ʃʼ kʼ χʼ/ (Lakota)

/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Hanis, Hunzib, Tsez)
/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʲʼ tʃʼ kʼ kxʼ/ (Xhosa)
/pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ tʃːʼ kʼ qʼ/ (Udi)
/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) 17
5 no /pʼ/ /tθʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ/ (Slavey)

[θʼ tʼ sʼ ɬʼ ʃʼ kʼ] (Mehri; allophonic)

/tθʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Chipewyan) /t̪ʼ ts̪ʼ ts̱ˤʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Chilcotin) 4
/pʼ/ /pʼ t̪ʼ tʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ cʎ̝̥ʼ kʼ kʷʼ/ (Dahalo)
/pʼ tθʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Saanich)

(Lezgian, see below)

2
6 no /pʼ/ /tθʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ tʼ kʼ/ (Gwich'in)

/tθʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ tʂʼ kʼ/ (Hän)

2
34 43 12 8

Systems with stop/fric contrasts

Chiwere
plosive tʃʼ
fricative θʼ
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

Lak
plain tsʼ tʃʼ
labzd tʃʷʼ kʷʼ qʷʼ
Lezgian
plain tsʼ tʃʼ
labzd tʷʼ tsʷʼ kʷʼ qʷʼ
  • /pʼ fʼ tʼ tsʼ ɬʼ ɕʼ kʼ kʲʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/ (Kabardian)
Axvax
plain tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ qχʼ
tense tsːʼ tɬːʼ tʃːʼ kːʼ qχːʼ
Archi
plain tsʼ tʃʼ kʟ̝̊ʼ qˤʼ
labzd tsʷʼ tʃʷʼ kʷʼ kʟ̝̊ʷʼ qʷʼ qˤʷʼ
tense tsːʼ tʃːʼ qːʼ qːˤʼ
Xwarshi
plain tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ
labzd tʷʼ tsʷʼ tɬʷʼ tʃʷʼ kʷʼ qʷʼ
pharzd pˤʼ kˤʼ qˤʼ
labpharzd qʷˤʼ
Tsaxur
plain tsʼ tʃʼ
palzd tʲʼ tsʲʼ kʲʼ
labzd tʷʼ tsʷʼ tʃʷʼ kʷʼ qʷʼ
pharzd qˤʼ
Abxaz
plain tsʼ tʃʼ tʂʼ
palzd tɕʼ kʲʼ qʲʼ
lab(pal)zd tʷʼ tɕʷʼ kʷʼ qʷʼ

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

Frequency tally

'Common' 'Occasional' 'Infrequent'
Sound /kʼ/ /tʼ/ /tʃʼ/ /tsʼ/ /pʼ/ /qʼ/ /kʷʼ/ /tɬʼ/ /qʷʼ/ /sʼ/ /t̪ʼ/ /t̪θʼ/ /tʲʼ ~ cʼ ~ kʲʼ/ /tʃʷʼ/ /tʂʼ/ /tsʷʼ/
This survey 99 91 87 72 70 44 34 34 15 * 10 † 9 9 6 5 ‡ 5 3
UPSID data 63 48 44 43 44 26 23 20 11 7 16 ** 8 12 3 3 3
  • * Out of 19 languages to have both /qʼ/ and /kʷʼ/.
  • † Contrasts with /tsʼ/ in only 3 cases.
  • ‡ In only 1 case without also both of /kʷʼ qʷʼ/.
  • ** Contains a number of languages counted here as having /tʼ/.

Conlang survey

Conlangs appear rather less disposed towards containing ejective affricates, while /cʼ/ appears to be much more frequent. Attested natlang systems mark'd with "√".

  • Affricateless
    • Uranian [Wikia]: /pʼ/
    • Adpihi: /kʼ/
    • Yuvlaish [Wikia]: /pʼ kʼ/
    • Kereb "v1" [KQ], Mohaisian [KQ]: /tʼ kʼ/
    • Middle Nyángar: /tʼ qʼ/
    • Brownie, Gyatalin, P'ar [Wikia], Proto-Coast [KQ], Proto-Danubian, Trentish: /pʼ tʼ kʼ/
    • Draga: /pʼ tʼ cʼ/
    • B'la'ajà [Wikia]: /tʼ sʼ kʼ/
    • Yven [KQ]: /pʼ t̪ʼ tʼ kʼ/
    • Jamastulu: /pʼ tʼ cʼ kʼ/
    • "Pocketful's speedlang" [KQ]: [pʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ] (allophonic)
    • Ahtialan [Wikia]: /pʼ ʈʼ cʼ qʼ/
    • Nipmel [Wikia]: /pʼ tʼ ʈʼ kʼ qʼ/
    • Thalassan: /pʼ tʼ cʼ kʼ qʼ/
    • Tlaliolz [Akana]: /tʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/
    • "Lethe's Conlang" [KQ]: /pʼ tʼ sʼ cʼ kʼ xʼ/
    • Raxúl: /pʼ ɸʼ tʼ sʼ ɕʼ kʼ xʼ/
    • Xylphica [Wikkii]: /pʼ ɸʼ fʼ θʼ tʼ sʼ ʈʼ ʂʼ cʼ çʼ kʼ xʼ qʼ χʼ/
  • Other
    • √ Terpish [KQ]: /tʼ tsʼ kʼ/
    • Lengryis [Wikia]: /tʼ tsʼ qʼ/
    • Battlax#Branch 3: /tʼ tʃʼ kʼ/
    • Round Robin Conlang: /tsʼ kʼ qʼ/
    • Ritsushiku [Wikia]: /pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ/
    • Antarctican [Wikia]: [pʼ tʼ tsʼ kʼ] (allophonic)
    • √ Ezosha [Wikia]: /tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ/
    • ~√ Satnímʔa [Akana], Vardeu [KQ]: /pʼ tʼ tsʼ tɕʼ kʼ/ (allophonic in the former)
    • ~√ Ktacwa [Akana]: /t’ ts’ tɕ’ k’ q’/
    • Êanglluk: [Wikia]: /tʼ tsʼ kʼ kxʼ qʼ/
    • √ Ishtol [KQ]: [pʼ tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ kʼ kʷʼ] (allophonic)
    • Proto-Zachydic [Linguifex]: /pʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ kʼ qʼ/
    • Raxic [Linguifex]: /pʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ kʼ kʷʼ/
    • East Persian': /tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kʼ qʼ/
    • ~√ Proto-Imperial: /tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tɕʼ kʼ qʼ/
    • "UnnamedLang" [Wikia]: /pʼ pfʼ fʼ tʼ tsʼ sʼ tɬʼ ɬʼ cʼ kʼ kxʼ xʼ qʼ/
    • Ǩüttǩarrą Roś [Wikia]: /tʼ tsʼ tʃʼ cʼ kʼ qʼ/
    • Tech: /pʼ tʼ tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ ʈʼ kʼ qʼ/
    • Tsa'in: /pʼ tʼ tsʼ sʼ tɬʼ ɬʼ tʃʼ ʃʼ kʼ/
    • √ Hkətl’ohnim [Akana]: /p’ t’ ts’ tɬ’ tʃ’ k’ kʷ’ q’ qʷ’/
    • Simptliki: /pʼ fʼ tʼ tsʼ sʼ tɬʼ (?) ʃʼ kʼ kʟʼ (?)/
    • Dolostone [KQ]: /pʼ fʼ tʼ θʼ tsʼ sʼ tʃʼ ʃʼ kʼ xʼ hʼ/
    • Ithkuil: /pʼ t̪ʼ tsʼ tʃʼ tʂʼ cʼ cçʼ cʎ̥˔ʼ kʼ kxʼ qʼ qχʼ/
    • Qətlanttaq [KQ]: /p’ t’ tʲ’ tʷ’ ts’ tɬ’ tʃʲ’ tʃʷ’ k’ kʷ’ q’ qʷ’/
    • Kannow [KQ]: /pʼ tʼ tʷʼ tsʼ tsʷʼ tɬʼ tʂʼ cʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/