Movima

WALS coordinates: 13° 50′ S, 65° 40′ W

spoken in Bolivia

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Movima
Routledge:
    Other:
      ISO 639-3:

      Features

      Feature Value References  
      Phonology
      Consonant Inventories Moderately small
      Vowel Quality Inventories Average (5-6)
      Consonant-Vowel Ratio Average
      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/ and lateral obstruent
      The Velar Nasal No velar nasal
      Front Rounded Vowels None
      Syllable Structure Simple
      Tone No tones
      Absence of Common Consonants All present
      Presence of Uncommon Consonants None
      Verbal Categories
      Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality No grammatical evidentials
      Coding of Evidentiality No grammatical evidentials
      Simple Clauses
      Negative Morphemes Negative affix
      Lexicon
      Hand and Arm Different
      Finger and Hand Different