Umotína or Umutína is a recently extinct language of Brazil.
Phonology
It is one of the few languages in the world to have a
linguolabial consonant
Linguolabials or apicolabials are consonants articulated by placing the tongue tip or blade against the upper lip, which is drawn downward to meet the tongue. They represent one extreme of a coronal articulatory continuum which extends from lin ...
; in unpublished data,
Floyd Lounsbury
Floyd Glenn Lounsbury (April 25, 1914 – May 14, 1998) was an American linguist, anthropologist and Mayanist scholar and epigrapher, best known for his work on linguistic and cultural systems of a variety of North and South American languages. Equ ...
reported it has the
voiceless linguolabial plosive
The voiceless linguolabial plosive is a rare consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents it is or .
Features
Features:
Occurrence
References
Further reading
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References
Bororoan languages
Indigenous languages of South America
Languages of Brazil
Mato Grosso
Extinct languages of South America
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