Macushi

Language code

mbc

Location

4°00'00"N 60°00'00"W

Family

Carib

Consonants	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p	t		k	ʔ
Fricative		s
Nasal	m	n
Approximant			j	w
Tap, flap		ɾ

Vowels	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː	ɨ ɨː	u uː
Mid	e eː		o oː
Low		a aː

Suprasegmental

None

Bibliography

Abbott, Miriam. 1991. Macushi. In Desmond Derbyshire and Geoffrey Pullum (eds.), Handbook of Amazonian Languages Vol. 3, pp. 23-160. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

Carson, Neusa. 1981. Phonology and Morphosyntax of Macuxi (Carib). PhD dissertation, University of Kansas.

Notes

Carson (1981) posits /ŋ/, which is absent in Abbot (1991).