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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.

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

• /β/ can be heard as either or in free variation, and as when before voiceless consonants.
• /b/ can be heard as prenasal when after a nasal vowel, or when in initial position.
• /h/ can be heard as voiced when between vowels. It is also said to be heard as a voiceless lateral , among elder speakers.
• /j/ can be heard as nasal when preceding or in between nasal vowels.
• Sounds /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ/, can be heard as in word-final position.

References

1. Suruí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Guerra, Mariana de Lacerda (2004). Aspects of Suruí Phonology and Phonetics. Université Libre de Bruxelles.

External links

• ELAR archive of Documentation of Gavião and Suruí Languages in whistled and instrumental speech by Julien Meyer
• ELAR archive of Language Documentation of traditional culture among the Gavião and Suruí of Rondônia by Dennis Moore

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