Aché language

Not to be confused with Ache Yi language.

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.^[2]

Aché
Guayakí
Native to	Paraguay
Region	Alto Paraná
Ethnicity	Aché
Native speakers	910 (2012)[1]
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
Abaza is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Phonology

Aché vowels^[3]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i  ĩ	ɨ  ɨ̃ ⟨y⟩  ⟨ỹ⟩	u  ũ
Close-mid	e  ẽ		o  õ
Open	a  ã

Aché consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	t͡ʃ ⟨ch⟩	k	ʔ ⟨’⟩
	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ ⟨dj⟩	ɡ
	prenasalized	ᵐb ⟨mb⟩	ⁿd ⟨nd⟩	ⁿd͡ʒ ⟨ndj⟩	ᵑɡ ⟨ng⟩
Nasal		m	n	ɲ ⟨ñ⟩
Fricative	voiceless	ɸ ⟨f⟩
	voiced	β ⟨v⟩
Approximant		w		j ⟨ll⟩
Flap			ɾ ⟨r⟩