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Araweté language

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Araweté
Native toBrazil
RegionAmazonas
Native speakers
280 (2006)[1]
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3awt
Glottologaraw1273
ELPAraweté

Arawetéis aTupi–Guaraní languageof the state ofAmazonas,in the Amazon region ofBrazil.Nearly all speakers were monolingual in 1986.

Phonology

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Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close iĩ ɨɨ̃
Mid e oõ
Open aã
Phoneme Allophones
/e/ [e],[ɛ]
/o/ [o],[ɔ],[ɤ],[ʊ],[ɯ],[u]
/ã/ [ã],[ə̃]
/õ/ [õ],[ũ]

Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced d
Continuant w ɾ j h
Phoneme Allophones
/t/ [t],[ts],[]
/d/ [d],[dᶻ],[],[ð]
/tʃ/ [],[tʃʲ]
/m/ [m],[b]
/w/ [w],[β]
/j/ [j],[],[ɲ],[ɲʲ],[]

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References

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  1. ^ArawetéatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
  2. ^Alves, Juliana Ferreira (2008).Fonética e fonologia da língua Araweté: uma nova contribuiçao.Brasília: Univ. de Brasília.
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  • Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012)."Phonological inventory of Araweté".The South American Phonological Inventory Database(version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.