Carapana language

Carapano (Karapanã, Carapana-tapuya, Möxdöá) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia and Brazil.

Phonology
Carapano has 11 consonants.


 * alternate with /,, /.
 * become [,, ] before nasal vowels. They become [, , ] after nasal vowels.
 * alternate with at the beginning of a word, e.g., báì   younger brother.
 * alternates with.
 * has three variants
 * next to nasal vowels
 * before oral vowels, at the beginning of a word, and
 * elsewhere.
 * are often [, ] before front vowels.
 * alternates with pre-stopped.
 * become [,, ] before nasal vowels.

It also has 6 vowels and their nasalized forms, plus high and low tones.


 * The mid vowels are phonetically [,, , ].
 * Mid tone is an allotone of the low tone.

Orthography
Metzger and Metzger use the following orthography.