Korubo language explained

Korubo
Also Known As:Cacetero
States:Brazil
Ethnicity:250 Korubo (2000)
Speakers:26
Date:2007
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Panoan
Fam2:Mayoruna
Fam3:Mayo
Iso3:xor
Glotto:koru1247
Glottorefname:Korubo

Korubo is a nearly extinct Panoan language spoken by the Korubo people of Brazil. There are two dialects, Korubo itself and moribund Chankueshbo (Fleck 2013).

Phonology

Korubo has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/.[1]

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BilabialAlveolarPalatalVelar
plainlateralplainlabialized
Nasalpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Plosivepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Affricatepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Fricativepronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/
Semivowelpronounced as /link/pronounced as /link/

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories. linguistics.berkeley.edu. en. 2018-08-10.