| Krenak | |
| Ethnicity: | 150 Botocudo (2006) |
| Speakers: | 10 |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam2: | Krenak languages |
| Dia1: | Nakrehé |
| Dia2: | Uti Krag (Nakpie) |
| Iso3: | kqq |
| Glotto: | kren1239 |
| Glottorefname: | Krenak |
The Krenak language, or Botocudo, is the sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages. It was once spoken by the Botocudo people in Minas Gerais, but is known primarily by older women today.
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Open-mid | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ |
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| prenasal | pronounced as /ᵐb/ | pronounced as /ⁿd/ | pronounced as /ⁿd͡ʒ/ | pronounced as /ᵑɡ/ | ||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Nasal | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Flap | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||