Sharanawa language

Panoan language of Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sharanawa (Acre Arara) is a Panoan language of Peru. There are 200 Sharanawa (meaning 'good people') in Brazil, but only 3 speak the language. Its speakers call the language Arara.[1] The Mastanawa dialect may belong to either Sharanawa or Yaminawa, although the Mastanawa regarded their language to be identical with Sharanawa.

NativetoPeru
EthnicitySharanawa
Native speakers
(450 cited 2000)
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Sharanawa
Sharanahua
Arara, Sharanahuan tsain
Native toPeru
EthnicitySharanawa
Native speakers
(450 cited 2000)
Dialects
  • Marinawa
  • Chandinawa
  • Mastanawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3mcd
Glottologshar1245
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Phonology

Consonants

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Sharanawa consonants[2]
Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop p t k
Affricate ts tʃ
Fricative ɸ s ʃ2 ʂ2 h1
Nasal m n
Approximant j w
Tap/Flap ɾ
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  1. Pike and Scott (1962) indicate that [h] is velar.
  2. [ʃ] and [ʂ] are contrastive only when preceding [a] or [ã].[3]

Vowels

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[2]
Front Central Back
plain nasal plain nasal plain nasal
High i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃ u ũ
Low a ã
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Tone

Sharanawa is a tonal language.[2] It distinguishes high tone, marked with an acute accent, and low tone, which is unmarked.[3]

References

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