Suruahá

Other names

Suruwahá

Language code

swx

Location

7°34'34"S 64°56'17"W

Family

Arawan

Consonants Bilabial Alveolar Post-
alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal

Stop/affricate b t d dʒ tj dj k ɡ

Fricative s z ʃ h

Nasal m n nj

Approximant w

Tap, flap ɾ ɾj

Vowels Front Central Back

High i ɨ

Mid ɛ o

Low a

Suprasegmental

None

Bibliography

Suzuki, Edson Massamiti. 1997. Fonética E Fonologia Do Suruwahá. PhD dissertation, Universidade Estadual de Campinas.

Notes

Suzuki (2000) omits palatal stop /ɟ/ and labio-velar glide /w/ but adds voiced alveolar fricative /z/ and voiceless alveopalatal fricative /ʃ/ (182).