Suruí | |
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Paíter | |
Native to | Brazil |
Ethnicity | Paiter |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2006) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
sru |
Glottolog |
suru1262 |
ELP | Paiter |
Suruí (of Jiparaná), also known as Paíter or Suruí-Paíter, is a Tupian language of Brazil. The Suruí of Rondônia call themselves Paiter, which means “the true people, we ourselves". They speak a language of the Tupi group and Monde language family. There were 1,171 Suruí-Paíter in 2010.
Oral Vowels | Nasal Vowels | |||||
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Front | Central | Back | Front | Central | Back | |
Close | i iː | ɨ ɨː | ĩ ĩː | ɨ̃ ɨ̃ː | ||
Mid | e eː | o oː | ẽ ẽː | õ õː | ||
Open | a aː | ã ãː |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Stop | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | |
voiced | b | d | ( dʒ) | ɡ | ||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Fricative | β | s | ʃ | h | ||
Tap | ɾ | |||||
Approximant | l | j | ( w) |