Eastern Shoshone Working Dictionary - Wyoming Linguistics

h h in hat`
hw wh in what
i i in machine
j j in jack
k k in skit
kw qu in quick
m m in moon
mw mw in broomwood
n n in new
ng ng in sing (never as in finger)
ny ny in canyon
o o in wrote
p p in spot
r tt in butter (tongue flap against roof of mouth)
s s in sit
sh sh in mush
t t in stay
u u in rule
v v in lavish (but with both lips touching)
w w in way
x ch in German ich
xw ch in German ich plus a w
y y in yes
z z in zap
There are also several other features that need to be mentioned.
Long vowels are written as a double vowel: baa, water; duu, black.
As is well known in Shoshone and Numic studies, Shoshone words may end in "final features"
which are not pronounced when a word is said by itself, but which have are realized if a consonant
follows. For example, the singular possessor marker eN ends in the nasalizing final feature. The
nasal final feature realizes as a homo-organic nasal with the following consonant.
en dembi 'your rock'
em bungku 'your horse'
em mo'o 'your head'
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