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 p ⁿb         *t *ⁿd             k ⁿɡ    
 
 
 
 
  
 
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                 tʃ dʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   m                                
 
 
 
 
 
 
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       *ɺ̪            
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   β                                            
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Selected languages: Ache
UPSID number: 6866
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: South American, Equatorial
The languages has 21 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [ⁿb] [p] [*ⁿd] [*t] [ⁿɡ] [k] [β] [tʃ] [dʒ] [*ɺ̪] [m] [ĩ] [ũ] [ẽ̞] [õ] [ä̃] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ä]
Comments:

Ache is spoken by a very small group of
surviving speakers in the Alta Pou reservation, Alto
Parana, Paraguay. Susnik's description is quite
unorthodox and leaves somewhat unclear exactly what
consonants and vowels are contrastive. In particular
nasalized vowels seem often predictable if prenasalized
stops and /m/ are assumed to be underlying. However, the
analysis adopted here assumes that they are contrastive
because a few are cited in words with voiceless stops. On
the other hand [n] is taken to be an allophone of the
lateral flap.
Sources:

Susnik, B. 1974. Estudios Guayaki: Sistema
fonetico y tematico. Museo Etnografico "Andres Barbero",
Asuncion, Paraguay.