Aché, also known as Guayaki, is a Guarani language of Paraguay with three living dialects: Ache gatu, Ache wa, and Ñacunday River Ache. The Ñacunday River dialect has low mutual intelligibility with the other two dialects.

Phonology

Aché vowels
FrontCentralBack
Closei ĩɨ ɨ̃ ⟨y⟩ ⟨ỹ⟩u ũ
Close-mide o õ
Opena ã
Aché consonants
BilabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive/ Affricatevoicelessptt͡ʃ ⟨ch⟩kʔ ⟨’⟩
voicedbdd͡ʒ ⟨dj⟩ɡ
prenasalizedᵐb ⟨mb⟩ⁿd ⟨nd⟩ⁿd͡ʒ ⟨ndj⟩ᵑɡ ⟨ng⟩
Nasalmnɲ ⟨ñ⟩
Fricativevoicelessɸ ⟨f⟩
voicedβ ⟨v⟩
Approximantwj ⟨ll⟩
Flapɾ ⟨r⟩

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