Araweté language
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Araweté | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Amazonas |
Native speakers | 280 (2006)[1] |
Tupian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | awt |
Glottolog | araw1273 |
ELP | Araweté |
Arawetéis aTupi–Guaraní languageof the state ofAmazonas,in the Amazon region ofBrazil.Nearly all speakers were monolingual in 1986.
Phonology
[edit]Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | ||
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Close | iĩ | ɨɨ̃ | ||
Mid | eẽ | oõ | ||
Open | aã |
Phoneme | Allophones |
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/e/ | [e],[ɛ] |
/o/ | [o],[ɔ],[ɤ],[ʊ],[ɯ],[u] |
/ã/ | [ã],[ə̃] |
/õ/ | [õ],[ũ] |
Consonants
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
Plosive | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
voiced | d | |||||
Continuant | w | ɾ | j | h |
Phoneme | Allophones |
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/t/ | [t],[ts],[tʲ] |
/d/ | [d],[dᶻ],[dʲ],[ð] |
/tʃ/ | [tʃ],[tʃʲ] |
/m/ | [m],[b] |
/w/ | [w],[β] |
/j/ | [j],[j̃],[ɲ],[ɲʲ],[dʒ] |
References
[edit]- ^ArawetéatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
- ^Alves, Juliana Ferreira (2008).Fonética e fonologia da língua Araweté: uma nova contribuiçao.Brasília: Univ. de Brasília.
External links
[edit]- 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.