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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|+Aché vowels{{Cite web|url=http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~saphon/en/|title=SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories|website=linguistics.berkeley.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-07-18}}

!

!Front

!Central

!Back

Close

| {{IPA link|i}}  {{IPA link|ĩ}}

| {{IPA link|ɨ}}  {{IPA link|ɨ̃}}
{{angbr|y}}  {{angbr|ỹ}}

| {{IPA link|u}}  {{IPA link|ũ}}

Close-mid

| {{IPA link|e}}  {{IPA link|ẽ}}

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| {{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}}
{{angbr|ch}}

| {{IPA link|k}}

| {{IPA link|ʔ}}
{{angbr|’}}

voiced

| {{IPA link|b}}

| {{IPA link|d}}

| {{IPA link|d͡ʒ}}
{{angbr|dj}}

| {{IPA link|ɡ}}

|

prenasalized

|{{IPA link|ᵐb}}
{{angbr|mb}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿd}}
{{angbr|nd}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿd͡ʒ}}
{{angbr|ndj}}

|{{IPA link|ᵑɡ}}
{{angbr|ng}}

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colspan="2" |Nasal

|{{IPA link|m}}

|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ɲ}}
{{angbr|ñ}}

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rowspan="2" |Fricative

!voiceless

|{{IPA link|ɸ}}
{{angbr|f}}

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voiced

|{{IPA link|β}}
{{angbr|v}}

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colspan="2" |Approximant

|{{IPA link|w}}

|

|{{IPA link|j}}
{{angbr|ll}}

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colspan="2" |Flap

|

|{{IPA link|ɾ}}
{{angbr|r}}

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References

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