Wapishana

WALS coordinates: 2° 40′ N, 60° W

spoken in Guyana, Brazil

Alternative Names

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

      Features

      Feature Value References
      Phonology
      Consonant Inventories Moderately small
      Vowel Quality Inventories Small (2-4)
      Consonant-Vowel Ratio Average
      Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives In plosives alone
      Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems Other
      Uvular Consonants None
      Glottalized Consonants Implosives only
      Lateral Consonants No laterals
      Front Rounded Vowels None
      Syllable Structure Moderately complex
      Tone No tones
      Absence of Common Consonants All present
      Presence of Uncommon Consonants None