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Aché language, the Glossary

Index Aché language

Aché, also known as Guayaki, is a Guarani language of Paraguay with three living dialects: Ache gatu, Ache wa, and Ñacunday River Ache.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: Aché, Affricate, Alto Paraná, Alveolar consonant, Approximant, Back vowel, Bilabial consonant, Central vowel, Close vowel, Close-mid vowel, Fricative, Front vowel, Glottal consonant, Guarani language, Guarani languages, Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Labiodental consonant, Mutual intelligibility, Nasal consonant, Open vowel, Paraguay, Plosive, Postalveolar consonant, Prenasalized consonant, Tap and flap consonants, Tupian languages, Tupi–Guarani languages, Velar consonant, Voice (phonetics).

  2. Languages of Paraguay
  3. Tupi–Guarani languages

Aché

The Aché are an indigenous people of Paraguay.

See Aché language and Aché

Affricate

An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal).

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Alto Paraná

Alto Paraná (Upper Paraná) is a department in Paraguay.

See Aché language and Alto Paraná

Alveolar consonant

Alveolar (UK also) consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the upper teeth.

See Aché language and Alveolar consonant

Approximant

Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow.

See Aché language and Approximant

Back vowel

A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.

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Bilabial consonant

In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a labial consonant articulated with both lips.

See Aché language and Bilabial consonant

Central vowel

A central vowel, formerly also known as a mixed vowel, is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

See Aché language and Central vowel

Close vowel

A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in U.S. terminology), is any in a class of vowel sounds used in many spoken languages.

See Aché language and Close vowel

Close-mid vowel

A close-mid vowel (also mid-close vowel, high-mid vowel, mid-high vowel or half-close vowel) is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

See Aché language and Close-mid vowel

Fricative

A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.

See Aché language and Fricative

Front vowel

A front vowel is a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages, its defining characteristic being that the highest point of the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would otherwise make it a consonant.

See Aché language and Front vowel

Glottal consonant

Glottal consonants are consonants using the glottis as their primary articulation.

See Aché language and Glottal consonant

Guarani language

Guarani, specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guarani (avañeʼẽ "the people's language"), is a South American language that belongs to the Tupi–Guarani branch of the Tupian language family. Aché language and Guarani language are languages of Paraguay.

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Guarani languages

The Guarani languages are a group of half a dozen or so languages in the Tupi–Guarani language family. Aché language and Guarani languages are languages of Paraguay, Tupi–Guarani languages and Tupian language stubs.

See Aché language and Guarani languages

Intercontinental Dictionary Series

The Intercontinental Dictionary Series (commonly abbreviated as IDS) is a large database of topical vocabulary lists in various world languages.

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Labiodental consonant

In phonetics, labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth, such as and.

See Aché language and Labiodental consonant

Mutual intelligibility

In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort.

See Aché language and Mutual intelligibility

Nasal consonant

In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.

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Open vowel

An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.

See Aché language and Open vowel

Paraguay

Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay (República del Paraguay; Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America.

See Aché language and Paraguay

Plosive

In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases.

See Aché language and Plosive

Postalveolar consonant

Postalveolar (post-alveolar) consonants are consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

See Aché language and Postalveolar consonant

Prenasalized consonant

Prenasalized consonants are phonetic sequences of a nasal and an obstruent (or occasionally a non-nasal sonorant) that behave phonologically like single consonants.

See Aché language and Prenasalized consonant

Tap and flap consonants

In phonetics, a flap or tap is a type of consonantal sound, which is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator (such as the tongue) is thrown against another.

See Aché language and Tap and flap consonants

Tupian languages

The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.

See Aché language and Tupian languages

Tupi–Guarani languages

Tupi–Guarani (/tuːˈpiː ɡwɑˈrɑːni/ /ɡwɑˈɾɑ-/; Tupi-Guarani) is the most widely distributed subfamily of the Tupian languages of South America.

See Aché language and Tupi–Guarani languages

Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum").

See Aché language and Velar consonant

Voice (phonetics)

Voice or voicing is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds (usually consonants).

See Aché language and Voice (phonetics)

See also

Languages of Paraguay

Tupi–Guarani languages

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aché_language

Also known as Guayakí language, Guayaquí language, ISO 639:guq.