Enlhet language

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]
Language family	Mascoian Enlhet
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

See also

• Languages of Paraguay