Maka
Language code
mca
Location
24°58'12"S 57°19'23"W
Family
Mataco
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
| Creaky stop/affricate | pʼ | tʼ tsʼ | kʼ | qʼ | |||
| Plain stop/affricate | p | t ts | k | q | ʔ | ||
| Fricative | f | s | x | χ | h | ||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
| Lateral | ɬ l |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Low | a aː |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Gerzenstein, Ana. 1994. Lengua Maka. Estudio descriptivo. Buenos Aires: Instituto de Linguística. 41-61.
Notes
Gerzenstein does not explicitly state that vowel length is contrastive. However, she lists numerous forms with double vowels.