Mako

Language code
wpc
Location
4°12'54"N 65°44'31"W
Family
Salivan
ConsonantsBilabialAlveolarPost-
alveolar
VelarLabio-
velar
Glottal
Aspirated stop
Creaky stop/affricateʔbʔd ʔdʒ
Plain stop/affricatept tskʔ
Voiced stop/affricatebd
Fricativeh
Nasalmn
Approximantw ʔw
Laterall
VowelsFrontCentralBack
Highi ĩɨ ɨ̃u ũ
Mide ẽo õ
Lowa ã
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography

Rosés Labrada, Jorge E. 2015. The Mako language: Vitality, grammar, and classification. London, Ontario & Lyon: University of Western Ontario and Université Lumière-Lyon 2 dissertation.

Notes

Rosés Labrada (2015) notes the presence of an acoustically distinct central vowel /ə/ that appears only in the past tense suffix. Symbols preceded by glottal stop (ʔ) represent the series of pre-glottalized resonants in Rosés Labrada (2015).