Umotína language

Recently extinct language of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Umotína or Umutína is a recently extinct language of Brazil.[3]

NativetoBrazil
RegionMato Grosso
Ethnicity515 Umutina (2014)[1]
Extinct2003[2]
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Umotína
Umutína
Native toBrazil
RegionMato Grosso
Ethnicity515 Umutina (2014)[1]
Extinct2003[2]
Macro-Jê ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3umo
Glottologumot1240
ELPUmutina
Umutina is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.
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Phonology

Consonants

It is one of the few languages in the world reported to have a linguolabial consonant: In unpublished data, Floyd Lounsbury recorded a voiceless linguolabial plosive [t̼].[4][5]

Tan Huare (2015)

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Umotina consonants[6]
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Occlusive plain p t k
voiced b
lab. pʷ kʷ
voiced lab. bʷ
Nasal m n
Fricative plain s ʃ h
voiced z ʒ
Tap ɾ
Lateral l
Approximant w j
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Pereira Lima (1995)

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Umotina consonants[7]
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Occlusive p t k
Fricative plain ʃ
voiced z ʒ
Nasal m n
Tap ɾ
Lateral l
Approximant w j
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Vowels

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Umotina vowels[6][7]
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a
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