Akurio
Language code
ako
Location
3°00'47"N 55°38'35"W
Family
Carib
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
Stop/affricate | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ | |
Nasal | m | n | ||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||
Tap, flap | ɾ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
High | i iː | ɨ ɨː | u uː |
Mid | e eː | ə əː | o oː |
Low | a aː |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Meira, Sérgio. 1998. A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Morphology. MA thesis, Rice University.
Notes
Meira transcribes Akurio's single alveo-palatal segment as palatal stop /c/ (16) but describes the segment as “usually an [alveo-palatal] affricate” (17).