# Enlhet language

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Language of Paraguay

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

**Enlhet** (Eenlhit), or **Northern Lengua**, is a language of the Paraguayan [Chaco](/source/Gran_Chaco), spoken by the northern [Enxet](/source/Enxet) people. It is also known as *Vowak* and *Powok*.

In [Filadelfia](/source/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](/source/Languages_of_Paraguay)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-e25_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-e25_1-1) [Enlhet](https://www.ethnologue.com/25/language/enl) at *[Ethnologue](/source/Ethnologue)* (25th ed., 2022)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Nengvaanemkeskama Nempayvaam Enlhet"](https://enlhet.org/nne.html). *Enlhet.org* (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Unruh, Ernesto; Kalisch, Hannes (1999). *Escribir en Idioma Enlhet para Hacer Crecer lo Propio*. Fe de Errata Suplemento Antropológico.

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