Barasana-Eduria
Language code
bsn
Location
0°06'00"S 70°24'00"W
Family
Tucanoan
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
Plain stop | p | t | c | k | |
Voiced stop | b | d | ɟ | ɡ | |
Fricative | h | ||||
Approximant | w | ||||
Tap, flap | ɾ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
High | i | ɨ | u |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
Suprasegmental
Nasal harmony, tone
Bibliography
Gomez-Imbert, Elsa. 1997. Morphologie et phonologie Barasana: Approche non-linéaire. PhD dissertation, Université Paris 8.
Gomez, Elsa & Michael Kenstowicz. 2000. Barasana tone and accent. IJAL 66.419-463.
Notes
/p/ occurs in loans from Spanish and other indigenous languages.