{{Short description|Language of Paraguay}} {{Infobox language | name = Enlhet | altname = Northern Lengua | pronunciation = {{IPA|[enɬet]}} | states = [[Paraguay]] | ethnicity = 7,220 [[Enxet people]] (2002 census)<ref name=e25/> | speakers = {{sigfig|6440|2}} | date = 2002 census | ref = e25 | familycolor = American | fam1 = [[Mascoian languages|Mascoian]] | iso3 = enl | glotto = nort2971 | glottorefname = Northern Lengua | region = [[Presidente Hayes Department|Presidente Hayes]] | nativename = {{lang|enl|Enlhet}} }}
'''Enlhet''' (Eenlhit), or '''Northern Lengua''', is a language of the Paraguayan [[Gran Chaco|Chaco]], spoken by the northern [[Enxet]] people. It is also known as ''Vowak'' and ''Powok''.
In [[Filadelfia]] (Paraguayan Chaco) there is an organization that advocates for Enlhet language.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://enlhet.org/nne.html |title=Nengvaanemkeskama Nempayvaam Enlhet |accessdate=3 September 2020 |website=Enlhet.org |language=es }}</ref>
== Phonology == === Vowels === Three vowel sounds are noted phonemically as /a ɛ ɔ/.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Unruh|first=Ernesto|title=Escribir en Idioma Enlhet para Hacer Crecer lo Propio|last2=Kalisch|first2=Hannes|publisher=Fe de Errata Suplemento Antropológico|year=1999|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Phoneme !Allophone |- |/a/ |[a], [æ], [ɐ] |- |/ɛ/ |[ɛ], [ə], [ɪ] |- |/ɔ/ |[ɔ], [ʊ] |}
=== Consonants === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="2" | ![[Labial consonant|Labial]] ![[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] ![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]] ![[Velar consonant|Velar]] ![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]] |- ! colspan="2" |[[Plosive]] |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} | |{{IPA link|k}} |{{IPA link|ʔ}} |- ! colspan="2" |[[Fricative]] | |{{IPA link|s}} | |{{IPA link|x}} |{{IPA link|h}} |- ! rowspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]] !<small>plain</small> |{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} | |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |- !<small>[[Glottalized consonant|glottalized]]</small> |{{IPA link|mˀ}} |{{IPA link|nˀ}} | |{{IPA link|ŋˀ}} | |- ! rowspan="2" |[[Lateral consonant|Lateral]] !<small>[[approximant]]</small> | |{{IPA link|l}} | | | |- !<small>[[fricative]]</small> | |{{IPA link|ɬ}} | | | |- ! rowspan="2" |[[Semivowel]] !<small>plain</small> | | |{{IPA link|j}} |{{IPA link|w}} | |- !<small>[[Glottalized consonant|glottalized]]</small> | | |{{IPA link|jˀ}} |{{IPA link|wˀ}} | |}
==See also== * [[Languages of Paraguay]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Languages of Paraguay}} {{Mataco-Guaicuru languages}}
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