Yuqui language
Tupi-Guarani language of Bolivia
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Yuqui (Yuki) is a Guarayú language of the Tupí-Guaraní language family spoken in the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia by the Yuqui.[2]
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveodental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | pal. | ||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | kʷ ⟨kw⟩ | kʲ ⟨ky⟩ | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | g | gʷ ⟨gw⟩ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ||||||
| voiced | j ⟨y⟩ | x | xʷ ⟨xw⟩ | xʲ ⟨xy⟩ | ||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ ⟨č⟩ | |||||||
| Vibrant | r | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||
Orthography
It is written in the Latin script. The Bible was partially translated into Yuqui in 2000.
