Wajiara language

Yurutí, or Wajiara, is a Tucanoan language of Colombia, with around 1,200 speakers in Colombia and Brazil.

Yurutí
Wajiara
Native toColombia, Brazil
Native speakers
1,200 (2011)[1]
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • Central
      • Bara
        • Yurutí
Language codes
ISO 639-3yui
Glottologyuru1263[2]

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Guttural
Stop pb td   kɡ
Affricate     t͡ʃd͡ʒ  
Fricative     s h
Approximant w   j  
Flap   ɾ    

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i (ɨ) u
Mid e o
Open a
gollark: No, that would probably be too dangerous... does heavpoot have the door open?
gollark: Ah. Hmm.
gollark: There IS a back window/door, right?
gollark: I open the back window/door and flee through it, d6.
gollark: I should flee again!

References

  1. Yurutí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yuruti". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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