Macushi
Código de lengua
mbc
Localización
4°00'00"N 60°00'00"W
Familia
Carib
Consonantes | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glotal |
Oclusiva | p | t | k | ʔ | |
Fricativa | s | ||||
Nasal | m | n | |||
Aproximante | j | w | |||
Vibrante simple | ɾ |
Vocales | Anterior | Central | Posterior |
Cerrada | i iː | ɨ ɨː | u uː |
Intermedia | e eː | o oː | |
Abierta | a aː |
Suprasegmental
Ninguno
Bibliografía
Abbott, Miriam. 1991. Macushi. In Desmond Derbyshire and Geoffrey Pullum (eds.), Handbook of Amazonian Languages Vol. 3, pp. 23-160. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Carson, Neusa. 1981. Phonology and Morphosyntax of Macuxi (Carib). PhD dissertation, University of Kansas.
Notas
Carson (1981) posits /ŋ/, which is absent in Abbot (1991).