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Tupian language spoken in Brazil
Araweté
Native toBrazil
RegionAmazonas
Native speakers280 (2006)
Language familyTupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3awt
Glottologaraw1273
ELPAraweté

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 ẽ 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 tʃ k ʔ
voiced d
Continuant w ɾ j h
Phoneme Allophones
/t/ [t], [ts], [tʲ]
/d/ [d], , [dʲ], [ð]
/tʃ/ [tʃ], [tʃʲ]
/m/ [m], [b]
/w/ [w], [β]
/j/ [j], [j̃], [ɲ], [ɲʲ], [dʒ]

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.
Tupian languages
Arikem
Tupari
Mondé
Puruborá–
Ramarama
Yuruna
Munduruku
Maweti–Guarani
Aweti–Guarani
Tupi–Guarani
Guarani (I)
Guarayu (II)
Tupi (III)
Tenetehara (IV)
Xingu (V)
Kawahíb (VI)
Kamayurá (VII)
Northern (VIII)
Proto-languages
Italics indicate extinct languages


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