Barasano (Northern)

WALS coordinates: 0° 20′ N, 70° 15′ W

spoken in Colombia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Barasano (Northern)
Routledge:
  • Bará-Tuyuka
Other:
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    Consonant Inventories Small
    Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6)
    Consonant-Vowel Ratio Low
    Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives In plosives alone
    Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems None missing in /p t k b d g/
    Uvular Consonants None
    Glottalized Consonants No glottalized consonants
    Lateral Consonants No laterals
    Front Rounded Vowels None
    Syllable Structure Simple
    Tone Simple tone system
    Absence of Common Consonants No nasals
    Presence of Uncommon Consonants None
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different
    Finger and Hand Different