Aché language

Aché
Guayakí
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Native to Paraguay
Ethnicity Aché
Native speakers
 1,000 (2006 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 guq
Glottolog ache1246[2]

Aché, also known as Guayaki, is a Guarani language of Paraguay. The six Aché dialects are distinct enough to cause some problems with communication.

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Close-mid e o
Open a

All vowels have nasalized counterparts.[3]

Consonants
Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain prenasalized plain prenasalized plain prenasalized plain prenasalized
Stop voiceless p t ʔ
voiced b mb d nd ŋg
Affricate voiceless t͡ʃ
voiced d͡ʒ nd͡ʒ
Fricative voiceless ɸ
voiced β v
Nasal m n ɲ
Approximant j w
Flap ɾ

References

  1. ↑ Aché at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Aché". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-18.


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