Chipaya

Language code
cap
Location
18°17'46"S 68°09'04"W
Family
Uru-Chipaya
ConsonantsBilabialAlveolarPost-
alveolar
RetroflexPalatalVelarUvular
Aspirated stop/affricatetʰ tsʰtʃʰʈʂʰ
Creaky stop/affricatetʼ tsʼtʃʼʈʂʼ
Plain stop/affricatept tsʈʂkq
Fricativesʃʂxχ
Nasalmnɲ
Approximantjw
Trillr
Lateralɬ lʎ
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Highi iːu uː
Mide eːo oː
Lowa aː
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography

Olson, Ronald. 1967. The syllable in Chipaya. International Journal of American Linguistics, 33(4): 300-304.

Cerrón-Palomino, Rodolfo. 2006. El chipaya o la lengua de los hombres del agua. Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Hannß, Katja. to appear. Uru and Chipaya. In Matthias Urban (ed.), The Oxford Guide to the Languages of the Central Andes. Oxford University Press.

Notes

Cerrón-Palomino (2006: 55-56) also notes the marginal presence of /ʔ/ in one morpheme.