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Use base consonants only
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Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
p           t               k      
 
 
 
 
ʔ
 
Affricates
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           n                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
              ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
      ɺ            
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
            s                               h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Yucuna
UPSID number: 6843
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: S. American, Macro-Arawakan
The languages has 21 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

/s/ and /h/ are in free variation in most words.
/w/ may be a bilabial approximant. Nasalization of vowels
seems to be associated with /h/.

Sources:

Schauer, S. and J. 1967. Yucuna phonemics. Phonemic
Systems of Colombian Languages. Summer Institute of
Linguistics, Norman.