Apurinã
Language code
apu
Location
9°00'00"S 67°00'00"W
Family
Arawak
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| Stop | p | t | c | k | ||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ | ||||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
| Tap, flap | ɾ |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i ĩ iː ĩː | ɨ ɨ̃ ɨː ɨ̃ː | |
| Mid | e ẽ eː ẽː | o õ oː õː | |
| Low | a ã aː ãː |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Facundes, Sidney. 2000. The Language of the Apurinã People of Brazil (Maipure/Arawak). PhD dissertation, SUNY Buffalo.
Notes
Facundes observes that “/ɲ/ and /h/ do not have phonemic status in some of the speech varieties, while in others they do.”