Araweté language

Tupian language spoken in Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Araweté is a Tupi–Guaraní language of the state of Amazonas, in the Amazon region of Brazil. Nearly all speakers were monolingual in 1986.

NativetoBrazil
RegionAmazonas
Native speakers
280 (2006)[1]
Tupian
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Araweté
Native toBrazil
RegionAmazonas
Native speakers
280 (2006)[1]
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3awt
Glottologaraw1273
ELPAraweté
Araweté is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
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Phonology

Vowels

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Front Central Back
Close i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃
Mid e ẽ o õ
Open a ã
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Phoneme Allophones
/e/ [e], [ɛ]
/o/ [o], [ɔ], [ɤ], [ʊ], [ɯ], [u]
/ã/ [ã], [ə̃]
/õ/ [õ], [ũ]
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Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive voiceless p t tʃ k ʔ
voiced d
Continuant w ɾ j h
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Phoneme Allophones
/t/ [t], [ts], [tʲ]
/d/ [d], [dᶻ], [dʲ], [ð]
/tʃ/ [tʃ], [tʃʲ]
/m/ [m], [b]
/w/ [w], [β]
/j/ [j], [j̃], [ɲ], [ɲʲ], [dʒ]
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