Yavitero language explained

Yavitero
Also Known As:Paraene
States:Venezuela
Region:Orinoco
Extinct:by 2005
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Arawakan
Fam2:Northern
Fam3:Upper Amazonian
Fam4:Orinoco
Fam5:Yavitero languages
Iso3:yvt
Elp:1640
Elpname:Yavitero
Glotto:yavi1244
Glottorefname:Yavitero-Pareni

Yavitero or Paraene is an extinct Maipurean language of Venezuela.

Phonology

Vowels[1] !!Front!Central!Back
Closepronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Midpronounced as /ink/
Openpronounced as /ink/
!Labial!Dental!Alveolar!Palatal!Velar!Glottal
Nasalpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Plosivepronounced as /link/ pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Affricatepronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Fricativepronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Rhotictappronounced as /ink/
trillpronounced as /link/
Lateral Tappronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/
Semivowelpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Mosonyi, Emilio Esteban . Yavitero . Mosonyi . Jorge C. . Largo . Águeda . Caracas: Fundación Bigott . 2000 . In Mosonyi, Esteban Emilio and Jorge Carlos Mosonyi (eds.), Manual de Lenguas Indígenas de Venezuela . 594-651.