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==Phonology==

The Gitxsan inventory is as follows:<ref name=IPA/><ref name=JIPA>{{Cite journal |last1=Rigsby |first1=Bruce |last2=Ingram |first2=John |date=1990 |title=Obstruent Voicing and Glottalic Obstruents in Gitksan |journal=International Journal of American Linguistics |language=en |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=251–263 |doi=10.1086/466152 |jstor=1265131|s2cid=143894491 }}</ref>

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The mid and high vowels are nearly in complementary distribution, suggesting that Gitxsan once had a three-vowel system. Short mid vowels are emerging. Schwa only occurs in unstressed syllables. /e:eː/ and /o:oː/ have short allophones [e] and [o] in certain positions.

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Voiceless stops have voiced allophones {{IPA|[b d d͜z ɡʲ ɡʷ ɢ]}}. The pre-velar obstruents become velar before {{IPA|/s/}} and {{IPA|/l/}}.

The lax glottalized stops "display a creaky voice quality at the margin of the vowel in pretonic (and syllable-final) environments."<ref name=JIPA/>

==References==