Krahô dialect

Krahô
Krahô
Mehĩ jarkwa
Pronunciation	[mẽˈhĩ jaɾˈkʰwa]
Native to	Brazil
Region	Tocantins
Ethnicity	Krahô
Native speakers	2,000 (2020)
Language family	Macro-Jê Jê Cerrado Jê of Goyaz Northern Jê Timbira Canela-Krahô Krahô; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xra
Glottolog	krah1246
ELP	Krahô

Krahô (Krahô: Mehĩ jarkwa [mẽˈhĩ jaɾˈkʰwa]^[2]^: 74) is a dialect of the Canela-Krahô language, a Timbira variety of the Northern Jê language group (Jê, Macro-Jê) spoken in Tocantins, Brazil by the Krahô people.

Pronunciation[mẽˈhĩ jaɾˈkʰwa]

NativetoBrazil

EthnicityKrahô

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		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p	t̪	tʃ	k	ʔ
Stop	aspirated				kʰ
Fricative						ɦ
Nasal		m	n̪		ŋ
Flap			ɾ
Approximant		ʋ ~ w		j

Phonology

Krahô
Mehĩ jarkwa
Pronunciation	[mẽˈhĩ jaɾˈkʰwa]
Native to	Brazil
Region	Tocantins
Ethnicity	Krahô
Native speakers	2,000 (2020)^[1]^: 11
Language family	Macro-Jê Jê Cerrado Jê of Goyaz Northern Jê Timbira Canela-Krahô Krahô
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`xra`
Glottolog	`krah1246`
ELP	Krahô