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Pronunciation
IPA:

k'ılıwə

[k’ɪlɪwƏ]

Language Family:

Yuman Family Subgroups:

1)     Pai

2)     River

3)     Delta-California

4)     Kiliwa

Orthography
The Kiliwa language is written using the Kiliwa alphabet. It consists of 15 consonants : / b /, /Ch/, /g/, / h/, / j /, / k /, / l /, / m /, / n /, / ñ /, / p /, / s /, / t /, / w /, and / y /.

Alphabet
^1 The digraph ⟨ch⟩ represents the affricate /tʃ/.

^2 The use of letter / h / is only used in certain words such as mouth (boca) – ha’ and yes (si) – ’haa.

^3 The phoneme / w / is similarly pronounced as “gu." There are also 5 silent and 5 long vowels: / a /, / a: /, / e /, / e: /, / I /, / i: /, /o /, /o: /, / u /, and /u: /. These are represented in the chart below: Other digraphs used in the Kiliwa language include: gu, hu, ju, ku, and xu. They are shown in the chart below. The inclusion of / , / is used as a brief pause, such as that in Spanish.

Numbers
The number system in Kiliwa.......

Numbers in Kiliwa can be expressed up to several thousands without the use of Spanish loanwords. Counting is done using fingers, yet after the number ten, one counts on toes. There is a resemblance of ‘sal’ which is the root word for ‘finger/hand’. The following numbers in the ten’s are formed by stating the form ten (chipam) followed by its multiplier digit. (the digits of those listed above from 1-9.) The hundreds are formed by using the expression ‘chipam msig u’ kun yuu chipam’ before using the multiplier digits found in that of numbers 1-9. Lastly, the thousands are formed by using the expression ‘chipam msig u’ kuetet’ before using the muitiplier digits.