Note: the symbol /x/ represents a voiceless palatoalveolar fricative, /y/ represents a voiced palatal glide, /ñ/ represents a voiced palatal nasal stop, and /j/ represents a voiceless glottal ...
In Downriver and Upriver dialects it is frequently pronounced as [I] between alveolar and palatal sounds ... In academic publications, linguists tend to use phonetic symbols to represent Halkomelem.