Mehinaku language
Arawakan language spoken by the Mehinaku people of Brazil
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Mehináku (Meinaku) is an Arawakan language spoken by the Mehinaku people in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Brazil.[2] One dialect, Waurá-kumá, is "somewhat intelligible" with Waurá due to influence from this language.[1]
| Mehináku | |
|---|---|
| Meinaku | |
| Imiehünaku | |
| Pronunciation | [imʲehɨnaku] |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso |
| Ethnicity | Mehinako |
Native speakers | 227 (2006)[1] |
Arawakan
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mmh |
qdv Waura–Mehináku | |
| Glottolog | mehi1240 |
| ELP | Mehináku |
Phonology
Mehináku features five vowels /a e i ɨ u/ which can be either oral or nasal /ã ẽ ĩ ɨ̃ ũ/.[3]
The language has thirteen consonants.[3]
| Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ||||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ | |||||
| Fricative | ʂ | h | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||
| Tap | ɾ | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j |
