Tatuyo language

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Tatuyo
Wa’ikhana
Native to Colombia
Native speakers
330 (2012) [1]
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • Central
      • Tatuyo–Carapano
        • Tatuyo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tav
Glottolog tatu1247
ELP Tatuyo
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Tatuyo is a tonal Tucanoan language of Colombia. [2] Lexically, its closest relative is Carapano: the two languages' lexicons are 96.3% cognates. [3]

Phonology

Tatuyo has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/. [2]

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t c k
voiced b d g
Approximant j w h
Flap ɾ

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References

  1. Tatuyo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. 1 2 "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  3. Matteson, Esther; Wheeler, Alva; Jackson, Frances L.; Waltz, Nathan E.; Christian, Diana R. (14 May 2014). Comparative Studies in Amerindian Languages. De Gruyter.