A global linguistic database : Query result

Number: 5141

Language: Zaparo

Location: E Ecuador

Population: 50

Classification: Amerind: Andean: Cahuapanan-Zaparoan: Zaparoan

Grammar: Peeke, Catherine. 1962. "Structural Summary of Zaparo," in SEIL I, 125-216.

Consonant system:

   p t k ʔ
    t^s č
    s š h
m n
    r

Stops: p t k ʔ

Affricates: t^s č

Fricatives: s š h

Nasals: m n

Vibrants: r

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

   i ɯ
    o
    a

Front Vowels: i

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: ɯ o

Noun Number: s p

Gender: m f non-personal

Pronouns:

1 4ie
2 5
3xX 6
x=personal X=impersonal

Syntax: SVO AN GN POSS-N

Prep/Post: POST

Comments: All bilingual in Quechua.