Aché language
{{Short description|Language}}
{{distinguish|Ache Yi language}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Aché
| nativename = {{lang|guq|Guayakí}}
| states = Paraguay
| region = Alto Paraná
| ethnicity = Aché
| speakers = 910
| date = 2012
| ref = e22
| familycolor = tupian
| fam1 = Tupian
| fam2 = Tupí–Guaraní
| fam3 = Guaraní (I)
| iso3 = guq
| glotto = ache1246
| glottorefname = Aché
| dia1 = Ache gatu
| dia2 = Ache wa
| dia3 = Ñacunday River Ache
}}
Aché, also known as Guayaki, is a Guarani language of Paraguay with three living dialects: Ache gatu, Ache wa, and Ñacunday River Ache. The Ñacunday River dialect has low mutual intelligibility with the other two dialects.{{e22|guq}}
Phonology
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! !Back |
Close
| {{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|ĩ}} | {{IPA link|ɨ}} {{IPA link|ɨ̃}} | {{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|ũ}} |
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Close-mid
| {{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|ẽ}} | | {{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|õ}} |
Open
| {{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|ã}} | | |
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|+Aché consonants ! colspan="2" | ! Bilabial ! Alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Glottal |
rowspan="3" |Plosive/ Affricate !voiceless | {{IPA link|p}} | {{IPA link|t}} | {{IPA link|t͡ʃ}} | {{IPA link|k}} | {{IPA link|ʔ}} |
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voiced
| {{IPA link|b}} | {{IPA link|d}} | {{IPA link|d͡ʒ}} | {{IPA link|ɡ}} | |
prenasalized
|{{IPA link|ᵐb}} |{{IPA link|ⁿd}} |{{IPA link|ⁿd͡ʒ}} |{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}} | |
colspan="2" |Nasal
|{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ɲ}} | | |
rowspan="2" |Fricative
!voiceless |{{IPA link|ɸ}} | | | | |
voiced
|{{IPA link|β}} | | | | |
colspan="2" |Approximant
|{{IPA link|w}} | |{{IPA link|j}} | | |
colspan="2" |Flap
| |{{IPA link|ɾ}} | | | |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://globalrecordings.net/langcode/guq Listen to a sample of Aché from Global Recordings Network]
- [https://archive.mpi.nl/islandora/object/lat%3A1839_00_0000_0000_0014_C52F_7 The Language Archive]
- [https://ids.clld.org/contributions/288 Aché] (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)
{{Languages of Paraguay}}
{{Tupian languages}}
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Category:Languages of Paraguay
Category:Tupi–Guarani languages
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