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Apurinã

Location

9°00'00"S 67°00'00"W

Consonants Bilabial Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop p t c k
Affricate ts
Fricative s ʃ h
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Approximant j w
Tap, flap ɾ
Vowels Front Central Back
High i ĩ iː ĩː ɨ ɨ̃ ɨː ɨ̃ː
Mid e ẽ eː ẽː o õ oː õː
Low a ã aː ãː

Bibliography

Facundes, Sidney. 2000. The Language of the Apurinã People of Brazil (Maipure/Arawak). PhD dissertation, SUNY Buffalo.

Notes

Facundes observes that “/ɲ/ and /h/ do not have phonemic status in some of the speech varieties, while in others they do.”