Tuyuca
Language code
tue
Location
0°28'34"N 69°58'05"W
Family
Tucanoan
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| Plain stop | p | t | k | ||
| Voiced stop | b | d | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | s | 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
Barnes, Janet and Sheryl Silzer. 1976. Fonología del tuyuca. In Viola Waterhouse (ed.), Sistemas fonológicos de idiomas colombianos 3. Bogotá: Ministerio de Gobierno. 123-37.
Barnes, Janet and Terrell Malone. 2000. El tuyuca. 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. Bogotá: Instituto Caro y Cuervo. 437-452