| Also Known As: Saramo,Machoto
Description:
Itonama is a moribund language isolate of Bolivia.
Diphthongs: /ai au/.
The postalveolar affricates /tʃ tʃʼ/ have alveolar allophones [ts tsʼ]. Variation occurs between speakers, and even within the speech of a single person.
The semivowel /w/ is realized as a bilabial fricative [β] when preceded and followed by identical vowels...... full article at Wikipedia |
