The following sound correspondences are taken from “Proto-Arawá Phonology” (Dixon, 2004).
| Arawá (A) | Kulina-Dení (KD) | Jarawara- Banawá- Jamamadí (JBM) |
Sorowahá (S) | Paumarí (P) | Proto-Arawá (PA) | IPA | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | a | a | a | a | *a | ||
| e | e | a, i | a, i | *e | |||
| i | i | i | i | i | *i | ||
| o | o | o | o | o | *o | ||
| w | w | w | w | w | *w | or | |
| b | b | b | b | b | *b | all | |
| b | b | h | 'b | *'b | initial | ||
| p | f | h | 'b | *'b | medial | ||
| f | p | f | h | p | *p | all | |
| p | ph | f | h | p | *ph | initial | |
| f | ph | f | h | f | *ph | medial | |
| d | t (J), d (BM) | d | d | *d | all | ||
| t | t | t | d | 'd | *'d | initial | |
| t | t | t | 'd | *'d | medial | ||
| t | t | t | t | *t | initial | ||
| t | t | t | ' | *t | medial | ||
| th | t | t | th | *th | all | ||
| w | w | g | g | *g | all | ||
| k | k | k | k | k | *k | all | |
| kh | k | k | kh | *kh | all | ||
| j | j | j | j | j | *j | or less likely | initial |
| s | j | j | j | j | *j | or less likely | medial |
| s | s | s | s | s | *s | all | |
| s | sh | s | s | s | *sh | all | |
| sh | s | s | tx | *tx | |||
| m | m | m | m | m | *m | all | |
| n | n | n | n | n | *n | all | |
| r | r | r | r | r | *r | , , | all |
| h | h | h | h | h | *h | all | |
| ∅ | ∅ | ∅ | ' | *' | initial | ||
| ' | ∅ | ' | *' | medial |
The wordlist is taken from “Notes of a Journey up the River Juruá” (Chandless, 1869) and the reconstructions are taken from “Proto-Arawá Phonology” (Dixon, 2004).