Apurinã language
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| Apuriña | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Brazil | |
| Region: | Amazonia | |
| Total speakers: | 2,000 | |
| Language family: | Arawakan (disputed) Maipuran Southern Maipuran Purus Apuriña |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | apu | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Apurinã is a Southern Maipurean language spoken in Amazonia by the Apurinã people.
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[edit] Sounds
[edit] Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar or palatal |
Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Plosive | p | t | k | ||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ | |||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | ||
| Flap | ɾ | ||||
| Approximant | j | ɰ |
[edit] References
- Da Silva Facundes, Sidney. The language of the Apurinā people of Brazil (Maipure/Arawak). Ph.D. dissertation, SUNY Buffalo. [1]
[edit] External links
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