Opón language
| Opón | |
|---|---|
| Opón-Karare | |
| Native to | Colombia |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Cariban
| |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
qrz | |
| Glottolog | opon1234 |
Opón (Opone) was an unusually divergent
Cariban language
of Colombia.
Phonology
Marshall Durbin and Haydée Seijas derive the following phonology based on 1958 data from Giraldo and Fornaguera.[1]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive
|
p b | t d | k g | ʔ† | ||
Fricative
|
s | ʃ | h | |||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
Approximant
|
w | j |
* [ʔ] may not be phonemic, it appears only at morpheme boundaries.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | ə | o oː |
| Open | a aː |
While common in other Cariban languages, nasal vowels are not recorded in Opón.
References
- JSTOR 25841439.
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