Nukini language
Extinct Panoan language of Brazil
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Nukini (Nukuini, Nuquini) is an obsolescent Panoan language of Brazil.[3] In some historical texts the Nukini are also referred to as Inucuini, Nucuiny, Nukuini, Nucuini, Inocú-inins and Remo.[4][5]
As a result of contact with outsiders, there are currently few who speak Nukini as a mother tongue. The Nukini stopped passing on the language to their descendants, and the current generation speaks Portuguese.[5] The language has been taught in schools since 2000.[2]
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occlusive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | x | ||
| voiced | v | |||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||
Orthography
The language uses 18 letters.[2]
