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 |
Araweté is a Tupi–Guaraní language of the state of Amazonas, in the Amazon region of Brazil. Nearly all speakers were monolingual in 1986.
Phonology
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||
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Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | ||
Mid | e ẽ | o õ | ||
Open | a ã |
Phoneme | Allophones |
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/e/ | [e], [ɛ] |
/o/ | [o], [ɔ], [ɤ], [ʊ], [ɯ], [u] |
/ã/ | [ã], [ə̃] |
/õ/ | [õ], [ũ] |
Consonants
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
- ^ Araweté at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Alves, Juliana Ferreira (2008). Fonética e fonologia da língua Araweté : uma nova contribuiçao. Brasília: Univ. de Brasília.
External links
- 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.