Tanimuca-Retuarã
Language code
tnc
Location
0°19'48"S 70°33'14"W
Family
Tucanoan
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| Plain stop | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| Voiced stop | b | d | |||
| Fricative | s | h | |||
| Approximant | j | w | |||
| Tap, flap | ɾ |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i ĩ | u ũ | |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
| Low | a ã |
Suprasegmental
Tone
Bibliography
Ardila, Olga. 2000. Reseña bibliográfica del tanimuca. 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. Bogotá: Instituto Caro y Cuervo.
Keller, Natalia Eraso. 1999. Cambios tonales en la palabra verbal de la lengua tanimuca. Congresso de Lingüística Amerindia y Criolla, 72-95. Memorias.
Notes
We use /j/ to represent what Ardila describes as a 'semivocal palatal', depite Ardila's useof /dy/ in her orthography.