Avá-Canoeiro | |
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Ãwa | |
Native to | Brazil |
Region | Goiás |
Ethnicity | 46 (2009)[1] |
Native speakers | 14 (2006)[1] |
Tupian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | avv |
Glottolog | avac1239 |
ELP | Avá |
Avá-Canoeiro, known as Avá or Canoe, is a minor Tupi–Guaraní language of the state of Goiás, in Brazil. All speakers are monolingual.[1]
Phonology
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ | |
Mid | e ẽ | o õ | ||
Open | a ã |
Phoneme | Allophones |
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/i/ | [i], [ɪ], [j] |
/e/ | [e], [ɛ], [ɪ] |
/ɨ/ | [ɨ], [ə] |
/a/ | [a], [ə] |
/u/ | [u], [ʊ], [w] |
/o/ | [o], [ɔ], [ʊ] |
/ã/ | [ə̃] |
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | lab. | |||||
Stop | p | t | k | kʷ | ||
Affricate | tʃ | |||||
Fricative | ʁ | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Tap | ɾ | |||||
Approximant | w | j |
- Nasals /m, n/ can be heard as voiced plosives [b, d] freely in word-initial positions.[2]
Phoneme | Allophones |
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/p/ | [p], [pʰ], [p̚] |
/t/ | [t], [tʰ], [t̚], [tʃ] |
/k/ | [k], [kʰ], [k̚], [q] |
/tʃ/ | [tʃ], [ʃ], [ʒ], [j] |
/ʁ/ | [ʁ], [ɡ], [ɢ] |
/m/ | [m], [ᵐb], [b] |
/n/ | [n], [ⁿd], [d] |
/w/ | [w], [β], [ɢʷ], [w̃] |
/ɾ/ | [ɾ], [l], [ɾ̃] |
/j/ | [j], [ʃ], [ʒ], [tʃ], [dʒ], [ʎ], [ɲ], [j̃] |
References
- 1 2 3 Avá-Canoeiro at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Borges, Mônica V. (2006). Aspectos Fonológicos e Morfossintáticos da Língua Avá-Canoeiro (Tupi-Guarani). Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
External links
- Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Avá-Canoeiro". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
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