Marúbo language
| Marúbo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Javari River basin |
Native speakers | 1,300 (2006)[1] |
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mzr |
| Glottolog | maru1252 |
| ELP | Marubo |
Marúbo is a
Panoan language of Brazil
.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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