Carapana (Karapanã, Carapana-tapuya, Möxdöá) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia and Brazil.
Phonology Carapana has 11 consonants.
+ Consonants of Carapana Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar GlottalPlosive voiceless voiced Fricative Tap Approximant
alternate with /, , /. become [, , ] before nasal vowels. They become [, , ] after nasal vowels. alternate with at the beginning of a word, e.g., . alternates with . has three variants next to nasal vowels before oral vowels, at the beginning of a word, and elsewhere. are often [, ] before front vowels. alternates with pre-stopped . become [, , ] before nasal vowels.
It also has 6 vowels and their nasalized forms, plus high and low tones. Front Central Back Close Mid Open
The mid vowels are phonetically [, , , ]. Mid tone is an allotone of the low tone.
Orthography Metzger and Metzger use the following orthography.
IPA Orthography a a e e i i o o u u ɨ ʉ ã ã ẽ ẽ ĩ ĩ õ õ ũ ũ ɨ̃ ʉ̃ b b, m d d, n j y, ñ g g, gu h j k c, qu p p r r s s t t w w ◌́ not marked
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