Appendix:Ts'íts'àsh pronunciation

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The Ts'íts'àsh language has 12 consonants, 5 vowels, and no glides.

Standard Romanization

Letter	IPA	English example	Notes
a	a	father
b	b	bad
d	d	dog
e	e	bait
f		food
i	i	machine
k	k	skill
k'	k’	—	Produced by holding your breath at the same time as making the above sound.
o	o	moat
p	p	span
r	r/ɾ	—, battle	Pronounced like the rr and r in Spanish perro and pero, respectively.
s	s	see
t	t	stop
t'	t’	—	Produced by holding your breath at the same time as making the above sound.
u	u	rude

Phonetics

Ts'íts'àsh has the following phonemes:

Consonants

There are 12 consonants:

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	voiceless	p [p]	t [t]		k [k]
	voiced	b [b]	d [d]
	ejective		t' [t’]		k' [k’]
Fricative		f [ɸ]	s [s]	sh [ʃ]	kh [x]
Trill/Tap			r [r/ɾ]

There are no nasal sounds because in the original drawings the fire beings lacked noses.

Vowels

There are 5 vowels:

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i [i]		u [u]
Mid	e [e]		o [o]
Open		a [a]