Quechua is an American Indian language widely spoken in Peru and Bolivia.
Main points of interest:
-Ejectives together with contrast between (pulmonary) voiceless unaspirated
and voiceless aspirated
-Contrasting velar and uvular place of articulation.
See also K'ekchi (for example UCLA demo) for velars vs. uvular, and the Amharic demo for ejectives
from a completely different language family.
See Ladefoged & Maddieson (2008, pp. 35-36) for discussion.
tʃaka ("bridge")
kujuj ("to move")
qaʎu ("tongue")
tʃʰaka ("large ant")
kʰujuj ("to whistle")
qʰaʎu ("shawl")
tʃʼaka ("hoarse")
kʼujuj ("to twist")
qʼaʎu ("tomato sauce")
Audio Source:
Sounds of the Worlds Languages.
References:
Ladefoged, P. / Maddieson, I. (2008): The Sounds of the World's Languages. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
