Mawé language

Mawé
Mawé
Sateré
Native to	Brazil
Region	Amazonas
Ethnicity	(undated figure of 7,000 Mawé people)
Native speakers	9,200 (2008)
Language family	Tupian Mawé;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mav
Glottolog	sate1243
ELP	Mawé

The Mawé language of Brazil, also known as Sateré (Mabue, Maragua, Andira, Arapium), is one of the Tupian languages. It is spoken by 7,000 Mawé people, many of them monolingual.

NativetoBrazil

RegionAmazonas

Ethnicity(undated figure of 7,000 Mawé people)

Native speakers

9,200 (2008)^[1]

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	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t		k	ʔ
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Fricative		s			h
Tap		ɾ
Approximant	w		j

	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ iː	ɨ ɨː	u ũ uː
Mid	e ẽ eː		o
Low		a ã aː

Mawé language

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Mawé
Sateré
Native to	Brazil
Region	Amazonas
Ethnicity	(undated figure of 7,000 Mawé people)
Native speakers	9,200 (2008)^[1]
Language family	Tupian Mawé
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mav`
Glottolog	`sate1243`
ELP	Mawé