Nanti
Language code
cox
Location
12°02'42"S 72°20'20"W
Family
Arawak
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | Unspe- cified |
Plain stop | p | t | tʲ | k | |||
Voiced stop | b | ɡ | |||||
Affricate | ts | tʃ | |||||
Fricative | s | h | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | N | |||
Approximant | j | ||||||
Tap, flap | ɾ | ɾʲ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
High | i iː | ɯi | |
Mid | e eː | o oː | |
Low | a aː |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Michael, Lev. 2008. Nanti Evidential Practice: Language, Knowledge, and Social Action in an Amazonian Society. PhD dissertation, University of Texas at Austin.
Notes
Michael observes that /ɨi/ is a light (monomoraic) dipthong that constitutes a single segment.