Siona

Language code
snn
Location
0°24'14"N 76°13'01"W
Family
Tucanoan
ConsonantsBilabialAlveolarPost-
alveolar
PalatalVelarLabio-
velar
Glottal
Stop/affricatep bt dk ɡkʷ ɡʷʔ
Fricatives zh
Nasalmn
Approximantjw
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Highi ĩɨ ɨ̃u ũ
Mide ẽo õ
Lowa ã
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography

Wheeler, Alva. 2000. La lengua siona. In María Stella González de Pérez and María Luisa Rodríguez de Montes (eds.), Lenguas indígenas de Colombia: Una visión descriptiva. Bogotá: Instituto Caro y Cuervo.

Thiago Chacon, p.c.

Notes

Siona voiceless stops surface as aspirated stops; voiced stops surface as creaky voiceless stops word-initially and as plain voiced stops intervocalically.