Since Western Apache was only fairly recently assigned a standard writing system, the pronunciation of words almost exactly mirrors the writing of them.
Here are the 20 fundamental consonants used when speaking Western Apache.
For a complete list of possible consonants a human voice might make while speaking a natural language, check out the consonants page.
This language has ejective consonants and aspirated consonants.
| bilabial | labiodental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | velar | uvular | pharyngeal | glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| voiced nasal | |||||||||||
| quiet plosive | |||||||||||
| quiet aspirated plosive | |||||||||||
| quiet ejective plosive | |||||||||||
| voiced plosive | |||||||||||
| quiet sibilant fricative | |||||||||||
| voiced sibilant fricative | |||||||||||
| quiet non-sibilant fricative | |||||||||||
| voiced non-sibilant fricative | |||||||||||
| quiet lateral fricative | |||||||||||
| voiced lateral approximant | |||||||||||
| quiet lateral approximant |
These are the 8 base vowels used when speaking Western Apache. Western Apache is one of the languages which uses nasal vowels.
Also, a complete list of possible vowels a human voice might make while speaking can be found here.
| manner | front unrounded | front rounded | front central unrounded | front central rounded | central unrounded | central rounded | back central unrounded | back central rounded | back unrounded | back rounded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| near-close | |||||||||||
| near-close nasal | |||||||||||
| close-mid | |||||||||||
| close-mid nasal | |||||||||||
| open-mid | |||||||||||
| open-mid nasal | |||||||||||
| open | |||||||||||
| open nasal |