Itonama
Spoken in:	Bolivia
Total speakers:	<5
Language family:	Language isolate
Writing system:	Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	sai
ISO 639-3:	ito
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Itonama is a moribund language isolate of Bolivia.

Phonology

Vowels

Diphthongs: /ai au/.

Consonants

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.

References

• (Spanish) Crevels, Mily (2002). "Itonama o Sihnipadara, Lengua no clasificada de la Amazonía Boliviana". Estudios de Lingüística 16. 

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