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Araweté language

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Araweté
Native toBrazil
RegionAmazonas
Native speakers
280 (2006)[1]
Tupian
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

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Vowels

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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

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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], []

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References

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  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.
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  • 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.