Enlhet language
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.
| 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[2] |
In Filadelfia (Paraguayan Chaco) there is an organization that advocates for Enlhet language.[3]
Phonology
Vowels
Three vowel sounds are noted phonemically as /a ɛ ɔ/.[4]
| Phoneme | Allophone |
|---|---|
| /a/ | [a], [æ], [ɐ] |
| /ɛ/ | [ɛ], [ə], [ɪ] |
| /ɔ/ | [ɔ], [ʊ] |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| Fricative | s | x | h | |||
| Nasal | plain | m | n | ŋ | ||
| glottalized | mˀ | nˀ | ŋˀ | |||
| Lateral | central | l | ||||
| fricative | ɬ | |||||
| Approximant | central | j | w | |||
| glottalized | jˀ | wˀ | ||||
See also
References
- ISO change request
- Endangered Languages Project data for Enlhet Norte.
- "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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