Kayabí
Language code
kyz
Location
11°06'14"S 56°31'41"W
Family
Tupí
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio- velar | Glottal |
| Plain stop | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | |
| Voiced stop | ɡ | |||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
| Tap, flap | ɾ |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
| Low | a ã |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Souza, Patrícia de Oliveira Borges. 2004. Estudos de aspectos da lígua kaiabi (tupí). MA thesis, Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
Notes
Souza states that [f] and [ɸ] occur in free variation, with [f] being the more frequent (23).