Languages with Ejectives
69
of 500 languages in database (14%)
Ejectives are consonants produced with a simultaneous upward movement of the larynx while the glottis is closed, creating an air burst without airflow from the lungs. They are common in languages of the Caucasus, the Americas, and parts of Africa, and tend to cluster geographically at high altitude.
SOCOTRI
Afro-Asiatic
·
Africa
34
phonemes
ACOMA
Keresan
·
North America
51
phonemes
KLAMATH
Language isolate
·
North America
37
phonemes
!XU
Kxa
·
Africa
141
phonemes
DIZI
Dizoid
·
Africa
30
phonemes
SOUTHERN NAMBIQUARA
Nambiquaran
·
South America
43
phonemes
QUILEUTE
Chimakuan
·
North America
37
phonemes
RUTUL
Nakh-Daghestanian
·
Eurasia
64
phonemes
Sandawe
Language isolate
·
Africa
64
phonemes
SHASTA
Shastan
·
North America
21
phonemes
Lak
Nakh-Daghestanian
·
Eurasia
69
phonemes
Kabardian
Abkhaz-Adyge
·
Eurasia
63
phonemes
Chipewyan
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
·
North America
61
phonemes
Chasta Costa
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
·
North America
44
phonemes
Hupa
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
·
North America
42
phonemes
Navaho
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
·
North America
54
phonemes
Haida
Haida
·
North America
50
phonemes
Squamish
Salishan
·
North America
37
phonemes
Salish
Salishan
·
North America
43
phonemes
Nootka
Wakashan
·
North America
47
phonemes
Kwakiutl
Wakashan
·
North America
55
phonemes
Wichita
Caddoan
·
North America
29
phonemes
Dakota
Siouan
·
North America
36
phonemes
Yuchi
Language isolate
·
North America
64
phonemes
Nez Perce
Sahaptian
·
North America
36
phonemes
Maidu
Maiduan
·
North America
24
phonemes
Chontal
Mayan
·
North America
37
phonemes
Tzeltal
Mayan
·
North America
30
phonemes
Pomo
Pomoan
·
North America
38
phonemes
Zuni
Language isolate
·
North America
54
phonemes
Tiwa
Kiowa-Tanoan
·
North America
41
phonemes
Tewa
Kiowa-Tanoan
·
North America
57
phonemes
Otomi
Otomanguean
·
North America
58
phonemes
Mazahua
Otomanguean
·
North America
63
phonemes
Itonama
Language isolate
·
South America
25
phonemes
Quechua
Quechuan
·
South America
37
phonemes
Aymara
Aymaran
·
South America
42
phonemes
Jivaro
Chicham
·
South America
24
phonemes
Iraqw
Afro-Asiatic
·
Africa
48
phonemes
KOTOKO
Afro-Asiatic
·
Africa
36
phonemes
AHTNA
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
·
North America
35
phonemes
Kawesqar
Kawesqar
·
South America
24
phonemes
HAMER
South Omotic
·
Africa
35
phonemes
ARCHI
Nakh-Daghestanian
·
Eurasia
91
phonemes
Avar
Nakh-Daghestanian
·
Eurasia
64
phonemes
Bats
Nakh-Daghestanian
·
Eurasia
51
phonemes
BELLA COOLA
Salishan
·
North America
31
phonemes
CADDO
Caddoan
·
North America
23
phonemes
UPPER CHEHALIS
Salishan
·
North America
34
phonemes
DAHALO
Afro-Asiatic
·
Africa
59
phonemes
EYAK
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
·
North America
45
phonemes
KULLO
Ta-Ne-Omotic
·
Africa
29
phonemes
HADZA
Language isolate
·
Africa
62
phonemes
Huastec
Mayan
·
North America
36
phonemes
IK
Kuliak
·
Africa
44
phonemes
ITELMEN
Chukotko-Kamchatkan
·
Eurasia
32
phonemes
JACALTEC
Mayan
·
North America
32
phonemes
KEFA
Ta-Ne-Omotic
·
Africa
27
phonemes
K'EKCHI
Mayan
·
North America
26
phonemes
KIOWA
Kiowa-Tanoan
·
North America
42
phonemes
Hausa
Afro-Asiatic
·
Africa
46
phonemes
Amharic
Afro-Asiatic
·
Africa
68
phonemes
Zulu
Atlantic-Congo
·
Africa
43
phonemes
Tigrinya
Afro-Asiatic
·
Africa
66
phonemes
Xhosa
Atlantic-Congo
·
Africa
84
phonemes
Armenian
Indo-European
·
Eurasia
37
phonemes
Sesotho
Atlantic-Congo
·
Africa
46
phonemes
Georgian
Kartvelian
·
Eurasia
35
phonemes
Tigre
Afro-Asiatic
·
Africa
54
phonemes