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

References

  1. ^ Tatuyo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b "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.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatuyo_language
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