Language name: |
IATE |
UPSID number: |
6870 |
Alternate name(s): |
FULNIO |
Classification: |
South American, Macro-Ge |
This language has |
30 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.322099039 (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
c
k
?
ph
"th
ch
kh
"ts
"tsh
djjF
hh
m
"n
"l
lj
i
e
E
a
O
o
u
i~
e~
a~
o~
u~
cC
|
Comment: |
Iate is spoken in Pernambuco, Brazil. It is not clear from Lapenda's description whether more of the complex consonants could be analyzed as sequences. |
Source(s): |
Lapenda, G. 1968. Estrutura da Lingua Iate: Falada pelos indios Fulnios em Pernambuco. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife. |