Waiwai

Language code
waw
Location
0°41'53"S 57°58'26"W
Family
Carib
ConsonantsBilabialAlveolarPost-
alveolar
PalatalVelarGlottal
Stop/affricatetk
Fricativeɸsʃh
Nasalmnɲ
Approximantjw
Tap, flapɾ
Lateralɺ
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Highiɨu
Mideo
Lowa
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography

Hawkins, Robert. 1998. Wai Wai. In Desmond Derbyshire and Geoffrey Pullum (eds.), Handbook of Handbook of Amazonian Languages, Vol. 4, pp. 25-224. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

Derbyshire, Desmond. 1999. Carib. In R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Aikhenvald (eds.), The Amazonian Languages, pp. 23-61. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Notes

The segment given in the inventory as /ɺ/ is described by Hawkins (1998: 25) as an “/r/...formed with the blade of the tongue..an alveopalatal with popped lateral release”, and by Derbyshire (1999: 27) as “palatal ɹ with lateral release”.