Enlhet (Eenlhit), or Northern Lengua, is a language of the Paraguayan Chaco, spoken by the northern Enxet people. It is also known as Vowak and Powok.
In Filadelfia (Paraguayan Chaco) there is an organization that advocates for Enlhet language.[2]
Phonology
Vowels
Three vowel sounds are noted phonemically as /a ɛ ɔ/.[3]
| Phoneme | Allophone |
|---|---|
| /a/ | [a], [æ], [ɐ] |
| /ɛ/ | [ɛ], [ə], [ɪ] |
| /ɔ/ | [ɔ], [ʊ] |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| Fricative | s | x | h | |||
| Nasal | plain | m | n | ŋ | ||
| glottalized | mˀ | nˀ | ŋˀ | |||
| Lateral | approximant | l | ||||
| fricative | ɬ | |||||
| Semivowel | plain | j | w | |||
| glottalized | jˀ | wˀ | ||||
See also
References
- ^ a b Enlhet at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Nengvaanemkeskama Nempayvaam Enlhet". Enlhet.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Unruh, Ernesto; Kalisch, Hannes (1999). Escribir en Idioma Enlhet para Hacer Crecer lo Propio. Fe de Errata Suplemento Antropológico.