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Tucanoan language
Not to be confused with Andoquero language .
Carapano (Karapanã, Carapana-tapuya, Möxdöá) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia and Brazil .
Phonology
Carapano has 11 consonants.
/p, t, k/ alternate with /pʰ , tʰ , kʰ /.
/b, d, g/ become before nasal vowels. They become after nasal vowels.
/b, d/ alternate with at the beginning of a word, e.g., báì /báì/ ~ 'younger brother'.
/s / alternates with /t͡s /.
/ɾ / has three variants
/n̆ / next to nasal vowels
/ɺ / before oral vowels, at the beginning of a word, and
/ɾ / elsewhere.
/w, h/ are often before front vowels.
/j / alternates with pre-stopped
/w, j, h/ become before nasal vowels. It also has 6 vowels and their nasalized forms, plus high and low tones.
The mid vowels /e, ẽ, o, õ/ are phonetically .
Mid tone is an allotone of the low tone. Orthography
Metzger and Metzger use the following orthography.
IPA
Orthography
a
a
e
e
i
i
o
o
u
u
ɨ
ʉ
ã
ã
ẽ
ẽ
ĩ
ĩ
õ
õ
ũ
ũ
ɨ̃
ʉ̃
b
b, m
d
d, n
j
y, ñ
g
g, gu
h
j
k
c, qu
p
p
r
r
s
s
t
t
w
w
◌́ ◌́
◌̀ not marked
References
Carapano at Ethnologue ^ Metzger & Metzger 1973 , p. 126.
^ Metzger & Metzger 1973 , p. 127.
^ Metzger & Metzger 1973 , p. 128.
Metzger & Metzger 1973 , p. 130.
Metzger & Metzger 1973 , p. 131.
Metzger & Metzger 1973 , p. 132.
Works cited
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