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Main article: Jeʂtəra

This page gives an extensive description of Jeʂtəra phonological features.

Consonants

The consonant system distinguishes 22 phonemes, traditionally arranged in the following scheme:

		IPA			Transcription
plosive	ejective	[ṕ]	[ḱ]	[t́]	ṕ	ḱ	t́
	voiceless	[p]	[k]	[t]	p	k	t
	voiced		[g]			g
retroflex		[ʈ]	[ʂ]	[ɳ]	ʈ	ʂ	ɳ
nasal		[m]		[n]	m		n
liquid		[r]		[l]	r		l
fricative	velar		[x]			x
	sibilant		[s]			s
	labio-dental		[f]			f
	dental		[ð]			ð
	glottal	[ʔ]		[h]	ʔ		h
	approximant	[j]		[w]	j		w

The group of the plosive consonants distinguishes three sub-groups: ejective, voiceless, and voiced, even though the voiced sub-group includes only the phoneme [g].

The presence of a well developed group of retroflex consonants is noteworthy.

The group of the fricative consonants is overall well developed, although less rich, like the group of the nasal and of the liquid consonants. The glottal consonant, [ʔ], while formally a plosive, is traditionally included in the fricative group. The phonemes [j] and [w] have a full consonantal value and they are never regarded as semivowels.