Linguistics 580
General Phonetics

Quechua is a group of closely related Andean languages spoken in Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, and Bolivia. The number of speakers totals more than 7 million.

Quechua contrasts uvular and velar stops, and palatoalveolar affricates. Each of these may occur in three varieties: voiceless unaspirated, voiceless aspirated, and ejective:

These consonants are exemplified at the beginning of the following Quechua words. Please transcribe each of the words below.

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