Bakairi language

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Bakairí
Bacairí
Kurâ
Native toBrazil
RegionMato Grosso
Native speakers
(950 cited 1999)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bkq
Glottologbaka1277
ELPBakairí

Bakairí (Bacairí) is a

Cariban language, spoken by the Bakairi people in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil
.

Phonology

The consonant and vowel inventories for Eastern Bakairí are shown below.[2]

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p
t
k
voiced b
d
ɡ
Fricative voiceless s ʃ h
voiced z (ʒ)
Nasal m
n
(ɲ)
Liquid rhotic ɾ
lateral
l
Glide w j
Vowels
Front Central Back
High i ɨ u
Mid e ə o
Low a

Syntax

Baikarí word order is either

object–verb–subject.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Bakairí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Meira 2005.
  3. ^ "Bakairí". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-02-07.

References