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Araweté
Native to Brazil
Region Amazonas
Native speakers
280 (2006) [1]
Tupian
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
Close i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃
Mid e o õ
Open a ã
Phoneme Allophones
/e/ [ e], [ ɛ]
/o/ [ o], [ ɔ], [ ɤ], [ ʊ], [ ɯ], [ u]
/ã/ [ ã], [ ə̃]
/õ/ [ õ], [ ũ]

Consonants

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], [ ]

[2]

References

  1. ^ Araweté at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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.