Tatuyo
Language code
tav
Location
0°15'00"N 70°18'00"W
Family
Tucanoan
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
Plain stop | p | t | c | k | |
Voiced stop | b | d | ɡ | ||
Fricative | h | ||||
Approximant | j | w | |||
Tap, flap | ɾ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
High | i | ɨ | u |
Mid | e | o | |
Low | a |
Suprasegmental
Nasal harmony, tone
Bibliography
Gómez-Imbert, Elsa. 1980. La nasalité en Tatuyo: phonologie ou morphologie? Amerindia 5: 65-81.
Whisler, David and Janice Whisler. 1976. Fonología del tatuyo. In Viola Waterhouse (ed.), Sistemas fonológicos de idiomas colombianos 3. Bogotá: Ministerio de Gobierno. 113-22.