Wayana

Código de língua

way

Localização

1°13'01"N 54°39'25"W

Família

Carib

Consoantes	Bilabial	Alveolar	Retroflexa	Palatal	Velar	Glotal
Oclusiva	p	t			k
Fricativa						h
Nasal	m	n
Aproximante				j	w
Vibrante simple			ɽ

Vogais	Anterior	Central	Posterior
Fechada/alta	i	ɨ	ɯ
Média	e	ə	ɤ
Aberta/baixa		a

Suprasegmental

Nenhum

Bibliografia

Tavares, Petronila. 2006. A Grammar of Wayana. PhD dissertation, Rice University.

Notas

The choice of symbols for the back vowels in the inventory presented here is influenced by Tavares' (2006: 9) observation that “[t]he back vowels /u/ and /o/ are articulated with the lips unrounded. They are therefore different from the vowels found in English or French in which the lips are rounded and prominent.”