Mawé language explained

Mawé
Nativename:Sataré
States:Brazil
Ethnicity:Mawé people
Date:2008
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Tupian
Iso3:mav
Glotto:sate1243
Glottorefname:Sateré-Mawé

The Mawé language of Brazil, also known as Sateré (Mabue, Maragua, Andira, Arapium), is one of the Tupian languages. It is spoken by 7,000 people, many of them monolingual.

Phonology

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosiveptkʔ
Nasalmnŋ
Fricativesh
Tapɾ
Approximantwj

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Highi ĩ iːɨ ɨːu ũ uː
Mide ẽ eːo
Lowa ã aː
[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: da Silva, Raynice Pereira. Estudo fonológico da língua sateré-mawé. 2006.