Apurinã language
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| Apurinã | ||||
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| Spoken in | Brazil | |||
| Region | Amazonia | |||
| Native speakers | 2,000 (date missing) | |||
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| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-3 | apu | |||
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Apurinã is a Southern Maipurean language spoken in Amazonia by the Apurinã people.
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[edit] Phonology
[edit] Vowels
Apurinã vowels are obligatorily nasalized by surrounding nasal vowels[clarification needed], even across word boundaries.[1]
[edit] Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar or palatal |
Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Plosive | p | t | k | ||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | |||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | ||
| Flap | ɾ | ||||
| Approximant | j | ɰ |
[edit] References
- Da Silva Facundes, Sidney. The language of the Apurinā people of Brazil (Maipure/Arawak). Ph.D. dissertation, SUNY Buffalo. [1]
- ^ The World Atlas of Language Structures Online – Chapter 10 – Vowel Nasalization
[edit] External links
- Cathie Aberdour – Referential Devices in Apurinã Discourse
- Ethnologue report for Apurinã
- Rosetta project report for Apurinã
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