Itene language

Itene (Moré) is a Chapacuran language of Bolivia, spoken by 21 people in 1995. Itoreauhip is a dialect.

Phonology

Consonants

• All plosive sounds are heard as unreleased when in word-final position.
• is heard as in initial position before .
• can be heard as a tap when in intervocalic positions.
• is heard as palatal when following , and as when preceding in initial position.
• and are heard as and when in initial position in free variation.
• and are heard as post-fricativized and when in initial positions.
• is heard as a lateral in word-final position.
• is heard as when after .

Vowels

See also

• Wariʼ language, the only vibrant language in the same language family, spoken in Rondônia, Brazil

References