Language name: |
JAPRERIA |
UPSID number: |
6848 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
South American, Macro-Carib |
This language has |
24 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.456577975 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
p
"t
k
?
tS
b
h
S
m
"n
l[
j
i
i_
u
"e
"o
a
i~
i_~
u~
"e~
"o~
a~
|
Comment: |
/b/ includes bilabial and labial-velar approximant allophones. The central high vowel only occurs in penultimate syllables under weak stress -- it is not clear if it could be regarded as a variant of one of the other vowels. |
Source(s): |
Durbin, M. and Seijas, H. 1972. The phonological structure of the Western Carib languages of the Sierra de Perija, Venezuela. Atti del XL Congresso Internalzionale degli Americanisti. vol. III: 69-77. |