Xokleng
Language code
xok
Location
24°18'00"S 50°00'00"W
Family
Macro-Ge
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio- velar | Glottal |
Plain stop/affricate | p | t | tʃ | k | kʷ | ʔ | |||
Prenasalized stop/affricate | mb | nd | ndʒ | ŋɡ | ŋɡʷ | ||||
Fricative | ð | h | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||||
Approximant | ʋ | j | |||||||
Lateral | l |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
High | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
Mid-high | e ẽ | o õ | |
Mid | ə ə̃ | ||
Mid-low | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ | |
Low | a ã |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Gakran, Nanblá. 2005. Aspectos morfossintáticos da língua laklãnõ (xokleng) jê. MA thesis, Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
Notes
Gakran indicates that the language may exhibit long vowels.