Cacua

WALS coordinates: 1° 4′ 48.00″ N, 70° W

spoken in Colombia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Cacua
Routledge:
  • Kakua
Other:
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    Consonant Inventories Small
    Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6)
    Consonant-Vowel Ratio Moderately low
    Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives No voicing constrast
    Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems Other
    Uvular Consonants None
    Glottalized Consonants No glottalized consonants
    Lateral Consonants /l/, no obstruent laterals
    Front Rounded Vowels None
    Syllable Structure Moderately complex
    Tone Simple tone system
    Absence of Common Consonants No fricatives
    Presence of Uncommon Consonants None
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different
    Finger and Hand Different