Moré (or Itene) is a Chapacuran language of Bolivia, spoken by 76 people, including 21 actively, in 1995. Itoreauhip is a dialect.

Phonology

Consonants Labial AlveolarPost-alveolarPalatal Velar Glottalplainlab.plainpal.Plosivevoicelessppʷ̥ttʲ̥t̠̻(c)kʔpreglottalˀ͡ᵖpˀ͡ᵖʷ̥pʷ̥ˀ͡ᵗt ˀ͡ᵗʲtʲ̥ˀ͡ᵏkbilabial postvibrantt𐞄̥Nasalvoicedmmʷ nɲpreglottalˀ͡ᵐ̥mˀ͡ᵐ̥ʷ̥mʷˀ͡ⁿ̥nˀ͡ᶮ̥ɲglottalizedmˀ͡ᵐ̥nˀ͡ⁿ̥ɲˀ͡ᶮ̥Fricativeβsʒ̟Approximantplainwjhpreglottalˀ͡ʷ̥wˀ͡ʲ̥jglottalizedwˀ͡ʷ̥jˀ͡ʲ̥

All plosives are realized as unreleased word-finally. is heard as in initial position before . can be heard as a tap between vowels. is palatalized to when following , and as when preceding in initial position. and are heard as and when in initial position in free variation. and are heard as post-fricativized and when in initial positions. is heard as a lateral in word-final position. is heard as when after . and lose their phonemic contrast in the coda position, being neutralized to .

Vowels FrontBackHighiuMidɛɔLowa +Phoneme/PhoneAllophonesRules/i/ [i][ɪ̆]/__$ˈ[ʉ̞̆]_Cʷ_[ʉ]ˈ_Cʷ_[iː]/ˈC__$[i]elsewhere/ɛ/ [ɛ][ə̆]/__$ˈ[ə]/__C$[əː]/ˈC__$[ɵ]_Cʷ_[ɛ̆]/__$ˈC[ɛː]/ˈʔ__$[ɛ]elsewhere/a/ [a][ɐ̆]/__$ˈ[aː]/ˈC__$[a]elsewhere/ɔ/ [ɔ][ɔ̆]/__$ˈ[ɔː]/ˈC__$[ɔ]elsewhere/u/ [u][ʊ̆]/__$ˈ[uː]/ˈC__$[u]elsewhere

See also Wariʼ language, the only vibrant language in the same language family, spoken in Rondônia, Brazil

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