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p           *t             k      
 
 
 
 
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            *ts                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  m           *n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Panare
UPSID number: 6849
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: S. American, Macro-Carib
The languages has 25 segments
Frequency index: N/A
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Comments:

Panare is spoken in Bolivar state, Venezuela.
Cauty's description of this language is problematical in
several respects. Phonetic syllable-final fricatives are
treated as allophones of glottal stop since they alternate
with ? but it is not clear whether ? is the product of
neutralization or if the fricative quality can be
predicted from other environmental features. Nasalized
vowels vary with syllables with a final nasal.

Sources:

Cauty, A. 1974. Los sistemas fonologicos y silabicos de la
lengua Panare. Revista Colombiana de Antropologia 17:
251-254.

Cauty, A. 1974. Un criterio de decision sobre la presencia
de la oclusiva glotal en el idioma Panare. Revista
Colombiana de Antropologia 17: 255-258.

Cauty, A. 1978. An approach to the phonological and
syllabic systems of the Panare language. Summer Institute
in Linguistics, Amerindia Series 3: 85-103.