Editing Zuni language (section)

==Language contact==
[[File:Zuni man American Indian Mongoloid.png|thumb|Zuni man]]
As Zuni is a language in the [[Pueblo linguistic area]], it shares a number of features with [[Hopi language|Hopi]], Keresan, and [[Tanoan]] (and to a lesser extent [[Navajo language|Navajo]]) that are probably due to [[language contact]]. The development of [[ejective consonant]]s in Zuni may be due to contact with Keresan and Tanoan languages which have complete series of ejectives. Likewise, [[Aspiration (phonetics)|aspirated]] consonants may have diffused into Zuni. Other shared traits include: final devoicing of vowels and [[sonorant]] consonants, [[Dual (grammatical number)|dual number]], ceremonial vocabulary, and the presence of a [[labialized]] [[Velar consonant|velar]] {{IPA|[kʷ]}} (Campbell 1997).