Itonama language

Itonama language

Infobox Language
name=Itonama
region=Bolivia
speakers=<5
familycolor=American
family=Language isolate
script=Latin alphabet
iso2=sai
iso3=ito

Itonama is a moribund language isolate of Bolivia.

Phonology

Vowels

Diphthongs: IPA|/ai au/.

Consonants

The postalveolar affricates IPA|/tʃ tʃʼ/ have alveolar allophones IPA| [ts tsʼ] . Variation occurs between speakers, and even within the speech of a single person.

The semivowel IPA|/w/ is realized as a bilabial fricative IPA| [β] when preceded and followed by identical vowels.

References

*es icon cite journal |last=Crevels |first=Mily |year=2002 |title=Itonama o "Sihnipadara", Lengua no clasificada de la Amazonía Boliviana |journal=Estudios de Lingüística |volume=16


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