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Enlhet language
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| Enlhet | |
|---|---|
| Northern Lengua | |
| Enlhet | |
| Pronunciation | [enɬet] |
| Native to | Paraguay |
| Region | Presidente Hayes |
| Ethnicity | 7,220 Enxet people (2002 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 6,400 (2002 census)[1] |
Mascoian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | enl |
| Glottolog | nort2971 |
| ELP | Enlhet Norte |
Enlhet (Eenlhit), or Northern Lengua, is a language of the Paraguayan Chaco, spoken by the northern Enxet people. It is also known as Vowak and Powok.
In Filadelfia (Paraguayan Chaco) there is an organization that advocates for Enlhet language.[2]
Phonology
[edit]Vowels
[edit]Three vowel sounds are noted phonemically as /a ɛ ɔ/.[3]
| Phoneme | Allophone |
|---|---|
| /a/ | [a], [æ], [ɐ] |
| /ɛ/ | [ɛ], [ə], [ɪ] |
| /ɔ/ | [ɔ], [ʊ] |
Consonants
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| Fricative | s | x | h | |||
| Nasal | plain | m | n | ŋ | ||
| glottalized | mˀ | nˀ | ŋˀ | |||
| Lateral | approximant | l | ||||
| fricative | ɬ | |||||
| Semivowel | plain | j | w | |||
| glottalized | jˀ | wˀ | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Enlhet at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Nengvaanemkeskama Nempayvaam Enlhet". Enlhet.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Unruh, Ernesto; Kalisch, Hannes (1999). Escribir en Idioma Enlhet para Hacer Crecer lo Propio. Fe de Errata Suplemento Antropológico.
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