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Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
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Epi-glottal
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Plosive
p           t               k      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
            ts                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
              ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
                                            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: Yagua
UPSID number: 6839
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: S. American, Macro-Carib
The languages has 23 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Payne states that /p, m/ are often labialized
[pw, mw] and /m, n/ are prenasalized stops before oral
vowels. It is not clear if this means that [mbw] is
normally found. On the assumption that prenasalization is
optional the nasal segments are anayzed as nasal /m, n/.
Yagua has basically a two-level tone system. Other
analyses suggest the mid vowels might be derived from
vowel coalescence, Payne describes these as phonemes with
defective distribution.

Sources:

Payne, D.L. 1985. Aspects of the Grammar of Yagua: A
Typological Perspective. PhD Dissertation, UCLA.