Aché language

Not to be confused with Ache Yi language.

Aché
Guayakí
Native to	Paraguay
Region	Alto Paraná
Ethnicity	Aché
Native speakers	910 (2012)
Language family	Tupian Tupí–Guaraní Guaraní (I) Aché
Dialects	Ache gatu Ache wa Ñacunday River Ache
Language codes
ISO 639-3	guq
Glottolog	ache1246
ELP	Aché
Linguasphere	88-AAI-da
Aché is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

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

	Front		Central		Back
	oral	nasal	oral	nasal	oral	nasal
Close	i	ĩ	ɨ	ɨ̃	u	ũ
Mid	e	ẽ			o	õ
Open			a	ã

• /ɨ ɨ̃/ are written ⟨y ỹ⟩.

Aché consonant phones

		Bilabial	Labio- dental	Alveolar	Palatal (-alveolar)	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m		n	ɲ ⟨ñ⟩
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p		t	t͡ʃ ⟨ch⟩	k	ʔ ⟨’⟩
	voiced	b		d	d͡ʒ ⟨dj⟩	ɡ
	prenasal	ᵐb ⟨mb⟩		ⁿd ⟨nd⟩	ⁿd͡ʒ ⟨ndj⟩	ᵑɡ ⟨ng⟩
Continuant	voiceless	ɸ ⟨f⟩
	voiced	β ⟨v⟩	v	ɾ ⟨r⟩	j ⟨ll⟩	w

Bibliography

• Roessler, Eva-Maria (2008). Aspectos da gramatica ache: descrição e reflexão sobre uma hipotese de contato (Master's dissertation) (in Portuguese). Campinas: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem. doi:10.47749/T/UNICAMP.2008.434677.

External links

• Listen to a sample of Aché from Global Recordings Network
• The Language Archive Archived 2019-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Aché (Intercontinental Dictionary Series)