Marúbo language
Panoan language of Brazil
Marúbo | |
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Native to | Brazil |
Region | Javari River basin |
Native speakers | 1,300 (2006)[1] |
Language family | Panoan
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ISO 639-3 | mzr |
Glottolog | maru1252 |
ELP | Marubo |
Marúbo is a Panoan language of Brazil.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Stop | p | t | k | ||
Affricate | ts | tʃ | |||
Fricative | v | s | ʃ | ||
Nasal | m | n | |||
Rhotic | ɾ | ||||
Approximant | w | j |
- /v/ can be heard as either [v] or [β].
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
Low | a ã |
- /a, ɨ, u/ may also be heard as [ɐ, ɯ, ʊ].
- Vowels may also be nasalized when preceding nasal consonants.[2]
References
- ^ Marúbo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Costa, Raquel Guimarães Romankevicius (2000). Aspectos da fonologia Marubo (Pano): uma visão não-linear. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
External links
- Collections in the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America - Wordlist & Songs
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Mayoruna Panoan |
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Mainline Panoan (Nawa Panoan) |
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