Karitiâna
Código de lengua
ktn
Localización
9°18'00"S 64°00'00"W
Familia
Tupí
| Consonantes | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glotal |
| Oclusiva | p | t | k | ||
| Fricativa | s | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Aproximante | w | ||||
| Vibrante simple | ɾ |
| Vocales | Anterior | Central | Posterior |
| Cerrada | i ĩ iː ĩː | ɨ ɨ̃ ɨː ɨ̃ː | |
| Intermedia | e ẽ eː ẽː | o õ oː õː | |
| Abierta | a ã aː ãː |
Suprasegmental
Ninguno
Bibliografía
Everett, Caleb. 2007. Patterns in Karitiana: Articulation, perception, and grammar. PhD dissertation, Rice University.
Storto, Luciana. 1999. Aspects of a Karitiana grammar. PhD dissertation, Massachussetts Institute of Technology.
Notas
Everett says that /b/ and /d/ appear to be gaining phonemic status (14-15).