Aché
Guayakí
Native toParaguay
RegionAlto Paraná
EthnicityAché
Native speakers
910 (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3guq
Glottologache1246
ELPAché

Aché, also known as Guayaki, is a Guarani language of Paraguay with three living dialects: Ache gatu, Ache wa, and Ñacunday River Ache. The Ñacunday River dialect has low mutual intelligibility with the other two dialects.[2]

Phonology

Aché vowels[3]
Front Central Back
Close i  ĩ ɨ  ɨ̃ u  ũ
Close-mid e   o  õ
Open a  ã
Aché consonants
Bilabial Labio-
dental
Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p t t͡ʃ ʔ
voiced b d d͡ʒ k
prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ʒ ᵑɡ
Nasal m n ɲ
Fricative voiceless ɸ
voiced β v
Approximant w j
Flap ɾ

References

  1. Aché at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) Closed access icon
  2. Aché language at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019) Closed access icon
  3. "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-18.



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