Jamamadí
Language code
jaa_jmm
Location
7°18'00"S 67°00'00"W
Family
Arawan
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| Plain stop | t | k | |||
| Voiced stop | b | d | ɟ | ||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | h | ||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Approximant | w | ||||
| Tap, flap | ɾ |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i | ||
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Ladefoged, Jenny, Peter Ladefoged, and Daniel L. Everett. 1997. Phonetic structures of Banawá, an endangered language. Phonetica 54. 94-111.
Dixon, R.M.W. 2004. Proto-Arawá Phonology. Anthropological Linguistics 46.1. 1-83.
Notes
Dixon adds long vowels /i:, e:, a:, o:/ (110).
Ladefoged, Ladefoged, and Everett describe /w/ as dorso-velar.