| Aché | |
|---|---|
| Guayakí | |
| Native to | Paraguay |
| Region | Alto Paraná |
| Ethnicity | Aché |
Native speakers | 910 (2012)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | guq |
| Glottolog | ache1246 |
| ELP | Aché |
 Aché is classified as Definitely Endangered by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Aché, also known asGuayaki, is aGuarani language ofParaguay with three living dialects: Ache gatu, Ache wa, and Ñacunday River Ache. The Ñacunday River dialect has lowmutual intelligibility with the other two dialects.[2]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ ⟨y⟩ ⟨ỹ⟩ | u ũ |
| Close-mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
| Open | a ã |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ ⟨ch⟩ | k | ʔ ⟨’⟩ |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ ⟨dj⟩ | ɡ | ||
| prenasalized | ᵐb ⟨mb⟩ | ⁿd ⟨nd⟩ | ⁿd͡ʒ ⟨ndj⟩ | ᵑɡ ⟨ng⟩ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ ⟨ñ⟩ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ ⟨f⟩ | ||||
| voiced | β ⟨v⟩ | |||||
| Approximant | w | j ⟨ll⟩ | ||||
| Flap | ɾ ⟨r⟩ | |||||
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