Chimila

Language code

cbg

Location

10°00'00"N 74°00'00"W

Family

Chibchan

Consonants	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plain stop	p	t		k	ʔ
Prenasalized stop	mb	nd		ŋɡ
Fricative		s			h
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Approximant			j	w
Tap, flap		ɾ
Lateral		l

Vowels	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ iː ĩː		u ũ uː ũː
Mid	e ẽ eː ẽː		o õ oː õː
Low		a ã aː ãː

Suprasegmental

Tone

Bibliography

Malone, Terry. 2006. Tone and Syllable Structure in Chimila. International Journal of American Linguistics 72(1): 1-58.