Basic Pronunciation for Tribes in Meso and South America

Many tribes have Americanized names, and this means it is important to investigate tribal webpages. In many cases, Native tribes have more than one branch and each is labeled in the traditional language.

These pronunciations use some symbols from the international phonetic alphabet, and were done by a graduate student. If these tribal names are incorrect, mispelled, mispronounced, or misrepresented in any way, please contact emuseum@mnsu.edu so we can correct our information.

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New World Tribes in Meso America
Abipon Amahuaca Arawak Aymara Calima Callinago Cayua Goajiro Inca Jivero Machiguenga Mapuche Moche Muisca Munduruku Omagua Quechua Quimbaya Saraguro Sharanahua Shavante Tehuelche Tupi Tupinamba Wari Yahgan Yanomamo Zenú	[n/a] [n/a] [ar-ah-wok] [ai-mar-ah] [n/a] [n/a] [n/a] [n/a] [In-kah] [n/a] [n/a] [ma-poo-chay (oo as in 'oo' from pool)] [n/a] [n/a] [n/a] [n/a] [n/a] [kim-ba-yah] [n/a] [n/a] [sha-von-tay] [n/a] [two-pi (i as in 'y' from exactly] [n/a] [wah-ree] [n/a] [ya-nəh-mah-mo (ə as in 'eh')] [n/a]

New World Tribes in South America
Aztec Bribri Callinago Cuna Gariguna Guaymi Haitian Huichol Lacandon Maya Maya Miskito Popoluca Quiche Seri Tarahumara Yaqui	[æhz-tech (as in cat)] [n/a] [n/a] [n/a] [n/a] [n/a] [hay-shun] [n/a] [n/a] [mai-a] [n/a] [n/a] [n/a] [n/a] [n/a] [yah-key]