Klallam sounds

Consonants
The 34 consonants of Klallam written in its orthography, with IPA in brackets when different:


 * Glottalized sonorants, , , , are realized either
 * with creaky voice:, , , , ,
 * as decomposed glottal stop + sonorant:, , , , , or
 * as decomposed sonorant + glottal stop:, , , ,


 * is borrowed from English and occurs in only a few words.
 * also rarely occurs in Klallam.
 * The alveolar affricate contrasts with a sequence of stop + fricative.

Vowels
The 5 vowels of Klallam:


 * The sound is rare.
 * Vowels may be stressed or unstressed. Unstressed vowels are shorter and lower in intensity than stressed vowels.
 * Vowels are lowered when followed by a glottal stop :
 * 'bird'   →
 * 'deer'   →
 * 'salmon backbone'   →


 * Vowels are also often lowered when followed by a glottalized sonorant (i.e., , , , ).