Mako
Language code
wpc
Location
4°12'54"N 65°44'31"W
Family
Salivan
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Velar | Labio- velar | Glottal |
| Aspirated stop | pʰ | tʰ | ||||
| Creaky stop/affricate | ʔb | ʔd ʔdʒ | ||||
| Plain stop/affricate | p | t ts | tʃ | k | kʷ | ʔ |
| Voiced stop/affricate | b | d | dʒ | |||
| Fricative | hʷ | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Approximant | w ʔw | |||||
| Lateral | l |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
| Low | a ã |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Rosés Labrada, Jorge E. 2015. The Mako language: Vitality, grammar, and classification. London, Ontario & Lyon: University of Western Ontario and Université Lumière-Lyon 2 dissertation.
Notes
Rosés Labrada (2015) notes the presence of an acoustically distinct central vowel /ə/ that appears only in the past tense suffix. Symbols preceded by glottal stop (ʔ) represent the series of pre-glottalized resonants in Rosés Labrada (2015).