Proto-Sjowaazhic

Russo-Salish

		Labial		Dental		Alveolar		Retroflex	Velar		Glottal
		hard	soft	hard	soft	hard	soft		soft	hard
Nasal	glottalized	mʼ	mʲʼ	n̪ʼ			nʲʼ		ŋʲʼ	ŋʼ
	plain	m	mʲ	n̪			nʲ		ŋʲ	ŋ
Stop	plain			t̪			tʲ	tʂ	kʲ	k	ʔ
	ejective			t̪ʼ			tʲʼ	tʂʼ	kʲʼ	kʼ
	voiced	b	bʲ	d̪			dʲ	dʐ	gʲ	g
Fricative	voiceless	f	fʲ			sˠ	sʲ	ʂ	xʲ	x
	voiced	v	vʲ			zˠ	zʲ	ʐ	ɣʲ	ɣ
Approximant	glottalized			l̥ˠʼ			l̥ʲʼ		jʼ
	plain			lˠ			lʲ		j

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid		ə
Open		a