Tariana
Language code
tae
Location
0°22'48"N 68°44'24"W
Family
Arawak
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| Aspirated stop | pʰ | tʰ dʰ | kʰ | |||
| Plain/voiced stop/affricate | p b | t d | tʃ | k ɡ | ||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Nasal | mʰ m | nʰ n | ɲʰ ɲ | |||
| Approximant | j | wʰ w | ||||
| Tap, flap | ɾ | |||||
| Lateral | l |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i ĩ iː | ɨ | u ũ uː |
| Mid | e ẽ eː | o õ | |
| Low | a ã aː |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Aikhenvald, Alexandra.Y. 2003. A Grammar of Tariana, from Northwest Amazonia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 25
Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y., 2001. Dicionário Tariana-Português e Português-Tariana. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Série Antropologia Vol. 17(1). Belém: Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi.
Notes
Aikhenvald observes that /ɡ/ occurs (only) in loans from Portuguese.