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| Selected languages: | Akawaio |
| UPSID number: | 6853 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | South American, Macro-Carib |
| The languages has | 23 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [b] [*t] [*d] [k] [ɡ] [*s] [*z] [*R] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [i] [ɨ] [u] [e̞] [ə] [o̞] [ä] [ɔi] [äi] [äu] |
| Comments: | Akawaio is spoken in the Mazanini river basin in |
| Sources: | Edwards, W.F. 1978. Some synchronic and diachronic aspects |