Kadiwéu
Language code
kbc
Location
20°00'07"S 57°00'07"W
Family
Guaicuru
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular |
| Plain stop/affricate | p | t | tʃ | k | q | |
| Voiced stop/affricate | b bː | d dː | dʒ | ɡ ɡː | ɢ | |
| Nasal | m mː | n nː | ||||
| Approximant | j jː | w wː | ||||
| Lateral | l lː |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i iː | ||
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Low | a aː |
Suprasegmental
Tone
Bibliography
Sandalo, Filomena. 1997. A grammar of Kadiwéu: with special reference to the polysynthesis parameter. MIT Occasional Papers in Linguistics, 11. Cambridge, MA: MIT. 14-15.
Notes
Sandalo notes that there are register-based phonological differences, and “noble and non-noble Kadiwéu differ in that Noble Kadiwéu lacks long semivowels.”