Yavitero language
| Yavitero | |
|---|---|
| Paraene | |
| Native to | Venezuela |
| Region | Orinoco |
| Extinct | by 2005 |
Arawakan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yvt |
| Glottolog | yavi1244 |
| ELP |
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Yavitero or Paraene is an extinct Maipurean language of Venezuela.
Phonology
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | ɛ | ||
| Open | a |
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ||||
| Affricate | t͡s d͡z | ||||||
| Fricative | θ | h | |||||
| Rhotic | tap | ɾ | |||||
| trill | r | ||||||
| Lateral Tap | ɺ̥ ɺ | ||||||
| Semivowel | j | w | |||||
References
- ^ a b Mosonyi, Emilio Esteban; Mosonyi, Jorge C.; Largo, Águeda (2000). Yavitero. In Mosonyi, Esteban Emilio and Jorge Carlos Mosonyi (eds.), Manual de Lenguas Indígenas de Venezuela: Caracas: Fundación Bigott. pp. 594–651.
External links
- Yavitero language dictionary online from IDS (select simple or advanced browsing)