č̓

Lushootseed

noun

pastəducid

1. The eighth letter of the dxʷləšucid alphabet, called "glottalized c wedge" and pronounced as a voiceless ejective palatal affricate.

   The pronunciation is like the "ch" in "'church" with glottalization.

   Example: č̓ač̓as

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sources

• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, p. xii
• 1995, Thom Hess and Vi [taqʷšəblu] Hilbert, Lushootseed: The language of the Skagit Nisqually, and other tribes of Puget Sound, an Introduction: Book I, Lushootseed Press, chapter 3