Consonants[]
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t̪ | t | t͡ʃ | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d̪ | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | θ | s | ʃ | x | h |
| voiced | β | ð | z | ʒ | ɣ | ɦ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Trill | ʙ | r | |||||
| Approximant | w | ɹ | j | ɰ | |||
Vowels[]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ʌ | |
| Open | a | ɐ | ɒ |
Nasal assimilation[]
Chiquitano has regressive assimilation triggered by nasal nuclei / ɨ̃ ĩ ũ õ ã ẽ/ and targeting consonant onsets within a morpheme.
- /suβũ/ → [suˈmũ] 'parrot (sp.)'