Aleut (Eastern)
WALS coordinates: 54° 45′ N, 164° W
spoken in United States
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Phonology | ||
| Consonant Inventories | Moderately large | |
| Vowel Quality Inventories | Small (2-4) | |
| Consonant-Vowel Ratio | High | |
| Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives | In fricatives alone | |
| Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems | Other | |
| Uvular Consonants | Uvular stops and continuants | |
| Glottalized Consonants | No glottalized consonants | |
| Lateral Consonants | /l/, no obstruent laterals | |
| Front Rounded Vowels | None | |
| Syllable Structure | Complex | |
| Tone | No tones | |
| Absence of Common Consonants | All present | |
| Presence of Uncommon Consonants | 'Th' sounds | |
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| Imperative-Hortative Systems | Maximal system | |
