Editing Consonant mutation (section)

=== Ute ===
In [[Ute dialect|Ute]], also called Southern Paiute, there are three consonant mutations, which are triggered by different word-stems,<ref>{{cite journal |author-link=Edward Sapir |last=Sapir |first=Edward |title=The Southern Paiute Language (Part I): Southern Paiute, a Shoshonean Language |journal=Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |volume=65 |issue=1 |year=1930 |pages=1–296 |doi=10.2307/20026309|jstor=20026309 }}</ref> The mutations are [[spirantization]], [[gemination]], and [[prenasalized consonant|prenasalization]]:

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
! Radical !! Spirantization !! Gemination !! Prenasalization
|-
| p || v || pp || mp
|-
| t || r || tt || nt
|-
| k || {{IPA|ɣ}} || kk || {{IPA|ŋk}}
|-
| {{IPA|kʷ}} || {{IPA|ɣʷ}} || {{IPA|kkʷ}}|| {{IPA|ŋkʷ}}
|-
| ts || &nbsp; || tts || nts
|-
| s || &nbsp; || ss || &nbsp;
|-
| m || {{IPA|ŋkʷ}}|| mm || mm
|-
| n || &nbsp; || nn || nn
|}

For example, the absolutive suffix '''-pi''' appears in different forms, according to the noun stem to which it is suffixed:
*movi-'''ppi''' 'nose'
*sappI-'''vi''' 'belly'
*{{IPA|aŋo}}-'''mpi''' 'tongue'