Bakairí (Eastern dialect)
Language code
bkq_est
Location
14°26'10"S 54°01'44"W
Family
Carib
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
Stop | p b | t d | k ɡ | |||
Fricative | s z | ʃ | h | |||
Nasal | m | n | ||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||
Tap, flap | ɾ | |||||
Lateral | l |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
High | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
Mid | e ẽ | ə ə̃ | o õ |
Low | a ã |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Meira, Sérgio. 2005. Reconstructing Pre-Bakairi Segmental Phonology. Anthropological Linguistics 47.3. 261-291.