Tatuyo language

Tatuyo is a tonal Tucanoan language of Colombia.[2]

Tatuyo
Wa’ikhana
Native toColombia
Native speakers
400 (2007)[1]
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • Central
      • Tatuyo–Carapano
        • Tatuyo
Language codes
ISO 639-3tav
Glottologtatu1247
ELPTatuyo

Phonology

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

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

References

  1. Tatuyo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-16.


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