Siona
Language code
snn
Location
0°24'14"N 76°13'01"W
Family
Tucanoan
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio- velar | Glottal |
| Stop/affricate | p b | t d | tʃ | k ɡ | kʷ ɡʷ | ʔ | |
| Fricative | s z | hʷ | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Approximant | j | w |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
| Low | a ã |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Wheeler, Alva. 2000. La lengua siona. In María Stella González de Pérez and María Luisa Rodríguez de Montes (eds.), Lenguas indígenas de Colombia: Una visión descriptiva. Bogotá: Instituto Caro y Cuervo.
Thiago Chacon, p.c.
Notes
Siona voiceless stops surface as aspirated stops; voiced stops surface as creaky voiceless stops word-initially and as plain voiced stops intervocalically.