Sahaptin Alphabet

Sahaptin Alphabet

Click on any of the letters of the alphabet to hear words that contain that sound. (Each of these files are in .wav format )

Vowels*

a	i	u	ɨ
aa	ii	uu

 

Diphthongs *

aw	ay	iw	uy
aaw	aay	iiw	uuy

Soft and Hard Sounds (without the ‘k’s)

ch	p	t	tł *	ts *
ch’ *	p’ *	t’ *	tł *	ts’

Front and Back Sounds (without the ‘k’s)

x *		xw *
x̱ *		x̱w *

All the ‘k’s

	front	front	back	back
soft	k *	kw *	k *	kw *
hard	k’ *	kw’ *	k‘ *	kw’ *

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All Other Sounds

h	l	ł *	m	n
s	sh	w	y	‘ glottal stop
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Additional pronunciations are available from the University of Washington Sahaptin Dictionary.