Number: 5578
Language: Matses
Alternate Name: Mayoruna
Location: E Peru
Population: 700
Classification: Amerind: Macro-Panoan: Panoan: Northern
TextBooks: Kneeland, Harriet. 1979. Lecciones para el aprendizaje del idioma mayoruna. Yarinacocha, Peru: SIL.
Other Sources: Fields, Herriet L. and William R. Merrifield. 1976. Parentesco mayoruna (pano) Comunidades y culturas Peruanas, No.9. Yarinacocha, Peru: SIL.
Consonant system: p t k
b d
ts č
s š
m n
Stops: p b t d k
Affricates: ts č
Fricatives: s š
Nasals: m n
Glides: j
Vowel system: i u
e ǝ o
a
Front Vowels: i e
Central Vowels: ǝ a
Back Vowels: u o
Syntax: SOV NA GN DN POSS-N
Prep/Post: POST
