Enlhet (Eenlhit), or Northern Lengua, is a language of the Paraguayan Chaco, spoken by the northern Enxet people. It is also known as Vowak and Powok.
| Enlhet | |
|---|---|
| Northern Lengua | |
| Enlhet | |
| Pronunciation | [enɬet] |
| Native to | Paraguay |
| Region | Presidente Hayes |
| Ethnicity | 7,220 Enxet people (2002 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 6,400 (2002 census)[1] |
Mascoian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | enl |
| Glottolog | nort2971 |
| ELP | Enlhet Norte |
In Filadelfia (Paraguayan Chaco) there is an organization that advocates for Enlhet language.[2]
Phonology
Vowels
Three vowel sounds are noted phonemically as /a ɛ ɔ/.[3]
| Phoneme | Allophone |
|---|---|
| /a/ | [a], [æ], [ɐ] |
| /ɛ/ | [ɛ], [ə], [ɪ] |
| /ɔ/ | [ɔ], [ʊ] |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| Fricative | s | x | h | |||
| Nasal | plain | m | n | ŋ | ||
| glottalized | mˀ | nˀ | ŋˀ | |||
| Lateral | approximant | l | ||||
| fricative | ɬ | |||||
| Semivowel | plain | j | w | |||
| glottalized | jˀ | wˀ | ||||