Aché language

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Not to be confused with Ache Yi language.
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. Aché has three living dialects: Ache gatu, Ache wa, and Ñacunday River Ache. The Ñacunday River dialect has low mutual intelligibility with the other two dialects.[1]

Phonology[]

Aché vowels[2]
Front Central Back
Close i  ĩ ɨ  ɨ̃ u  ũ
Close-mid e  ẽ 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
prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ʒ ᵑɡ
Fricative voiceless ɸ
voiced β v
Nasal m n ɲ
Approximant w j
Flap ɾ

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Aché language at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019)
  2. ^ "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-18.

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