Umotína language explained

Umotína
States:Brazil
Region:Mato Grosso
Extinct:2003
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Macro-Gê
Fam2:Bororoan
Iso3:umo
Glotto:umot1240
Glottorefname:Umotína

Umotína or Umutína is a recently extinct language of Brazil.

Phonology

It is one of the few languages in the world to have a linguolabial consonant; in unpublished data, Floyd Lounsbury reported it has the voiceless linguolabial plosive: //.

Notes and References

  1. Camargos . L. S. . Consolidando uma proposta de Família Linguística Boróro: contribuição aos estudos histórico-comparativos do Tronco Macro-Jê . 2013 . Doctoral . Universidade de Brasília . pt. .