Desano
Language code
des
Location
0°30'00"N 69°30'00"W
Family
Tucanoan
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar |
| Plain stop | p | t | k | |
| Voiced stop | b | d | ɡ | |
| Fricative | s | |||
| Approximant | j | w |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
Suprasegmental
Nasal harmony, tone, laryngeal harmony
Bibliography
Silva, Wilson. 2012. A descriptive grammar of Desano. PhD dissertation, University of Utah.
Silva, Wilson. 2007. Voiceless segments and nasal harmony in Desano. MA thesis, University of Utah.