Terêna language

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Terêna or Etelena is spoken by 15,000

Terena originated in the Northwestern Chaco.^[8] As a result, many Northern Guaicuruan loanwords can be found in Terena.^[9]

There are also many

/w, ʃ, n, l/ may often be heard as [v, tʃ, ɲ, ʎ].[11]

Vowels

[ɨ] is heard as an allophone of /i/.^[12]

See also

• Terena Sign Language

References