Pychocol language

The Pychocol language is a language spoken by the Pychocol people.

Consonants
Before or after back vowels, /l/ is realised as [w] and /k/ is realised as [ɣ]. [d] and [z] only occur in loanwords.

Although they are contrastive, /t/ and /ʈ/ are both written ⟨t⟩. This creates homographic pairs such as /taw/ "fast" and /ʈaw/ "cousin", which are both written taw. ⟨t⟩ most commonly represents /t/.

The sequences /mɛ nɛ nt ng dɛ kx/ are sometimes written ⟨mÿ nÿ n̈t n̈g dÿ c̈h⟩ to differentiate them from /m̥ n̥ ɲ ŋ ɖ ʂ/, which are written ⟨my ny nt ng dy ch⟩. This practice is mainly used in formal writing.

/χ/ and /ɽr/ are rare.

Vowels
/a/ is sometimes realised as [ɑ], primarily in the Nyfesoh dialect.

⟨e⟩ and ⟨ä⟩ both represent the phoneme /æ/, although the former is much more common, with ⟨ä⟩ only being used in a few words.

Phonotactics
Pychocol has a C(C)V(C) syllable structure. It allows a large number of consonant clusters.