Classification:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Yapura A
Consonant system:
Number:5442
Language:Cawishana
Location:Brazil
Classification:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Yapura B
Consonant system:
Number:5443
Language:Yumana
Classification:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Yapura B
Consonant system:
Number:5444
Language:Passe
Location:Colombia
Population:extinct
Classification:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Yapura B
Consonant system:
Number:5445
Language:Manao
Population:extinct
Classification:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Yapura B
Consonant system:
Number:5446
Language:Andoke
Location:S Colombia
Population:100
Classification:Amerind: Macro-Carib
Other Sources:
Witte Paul. 1977. "Functions of the Andoke Copulative in Discourse and Sentence Structure," in DG III, 253-88. WPF
Consonant system:
p t k ʔ b d ɡ̌ ɸ s x m n ñ ľ
Stops:p b t d k ʔ
Affricates:ɡ̌
Fricatives:ɸ s x
Nasals:m n ñ
Laterals:ľ
Vowel system:
i ɨ ɯ u e ɤ o ɔ a
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:ɨ a
Back Vowels:u ɯ o ɤ ɔ
Nasal Vowels:ı̃ ẽ ã õ ɤ̃ ɔ̃
Tones:hi lo
Pronouns:
1 4 2 5 3 6
Syntax:SOV AN GN DN POSS-N
Prep/Post:POST
Number:5447
Language:Cucura
Population:extinct
Classification:Amerind: Macro-Carib
Consonant system:
Number:5448
Language:Peba
Population:extinct
Classification:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Peba-Yaguan
Consonant system:
Number:5449
Language:Yameo
Location:Peru
Population:extinct
Classification:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Peba-Yaguan
Consonant system:
Number:5450
Language:Yagua
Location:NE Peru
Population:extinct
Classification:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Peba-Yaguan
Other Sources:
Fejos, Paul. 1943. Ethnography of the Yagua. New York: Viking Fund. Powlison, Esther. 1971. "The Suprehierachical and Hierarchical Structures of Yagua Phonology," Linguistics 75, 43-73. E
Consonant system:
p t k (ʔ) ts h m n r
Stops:p t k (ʔ)
Affricates:ts
Fricatives:h
Nasals:m n
Vibrants:r
Glides:j w
Vowel system:
i u o a
Front Vowels:i
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o
Long Vowels:v̄ all
Nasal Vowels:
ṽ all v̄̃ all
Syntax:VSO
Number:5451
Language:Bora
Location:SE Colombia
Classification:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Boran
Other Sources:
Mibeco, Julia N., Eduardo P. Soria and Eva Anderson de Thiesen. 1975. Textos folkloricos de los bora. Yarinacocha, Peru: SIL. E
Consonant system:
p ph t th k kh kw ʔ ts tsh č čh h β m n ñ r
Stops:p ph t th k kh kw ʔ
Affricates:ts tsh č čh
Fricatives:β h
Nasals:m n ñ
Vibrants:r
Glides:j
Vowel system:
i ɨ ɯ e o a
Front Vowels:i e
Central Vowels:ɨ a
Back Vowels:ɯ o
Tones:hi lo
Syntax:SOV
Number:5452
Language:Faai
Classification:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Boran
Consonant system:
Number:5453
Language:Imihita
Classification:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Boran
Consonant system:
Number:5454
Language:Muinane
Location:SE Colombia (Amazonas)
Population:400
Classification:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Boran
Dictionary:Minor, Eugene E. and Dorothy Hendrich de Minor. 1971. Vocabulario Huitoto Muinane. Yarinacocha, Peru: SIL.
Other Sources:
Walton, James and Janice Walton. 1967. "Phonemes of Muinane," in PSCL 37-47. Walton, James. 1977. "Participant Reference and Introducers in Muinane Clause and Paragraph," in DG III, 45-65.
Consonant system:
p t c k ʔ b d ɟ ɡ č ɡ̌ ɸ s š x β m n ñ r rj
Stops:p b t d c ɟ k ɡ ʔ
Affricates:č ɡ̌
Fricatives:ɸ β s š x
Nasals:m n ñ
Vibrants:r rj
Glides:
j
Vowel system:
i ɨ u ɛ o a
Front Vowels:i ɛ
Central Vowels:ɨ a
Back Vowels:u o
Long Vowels:v̄ all
Syllable:(C)V
Tones:hi lo
Stress:initial
Noun Number:s d p
Syntax:SOV/OSV AN GN DN N-NUM POSS-N
Prep/Post:POST
Number:5455
Language:Fitita
Location:SE Colombia
Classification:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Witotoan
Consonant system:
Number:5456
Language:Ocaina
Location:NE Peru
Classification:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Witotoan
Other Sources:
Agnew, Arlene and Evelyn G. Pike. 1957. "Phonemes of Ocaina (Huitoto)," IJAL 23, 24-27. Pike, Kenneth L.. 1961. "Compound Affixes in Ocaina," Lg 37, 570-81.
