Karitiâna language
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| Karitiâna | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Brazil | |
| Total speakers: | ~200 (2000) | |
| Language family: | Tupi Arikem Karitiâna |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | tup | |
| ISO 639-3: | ktn | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Karitiâna or Caritiana is a Tupi language of Brazil.
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[edit] Phonology
[edit] Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
| Low | a ã |
[edit] Consonants
| Bilabial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Fricative | s | h | |||
| Rhotic | r | ||||
| Approximant | j | w |
The nasals /m n ɲ/ are pre-stopped [bm dn ɟɲ] if they are preceded by an oral vowel, and post-stopped [mb nd ɲɟ] if they are followed by one. The velar nasal /ŋ/ is denasalized [ɡ] before oral vowels in unstressed syllables, post-stopped [ŋɡ] before oral vowels in stressed syllables, and pre-stopped [ɡŋ] after oral vowels.
/h r j w/ are nasalized [h̃ r̃ w̃ j̃] when surrounded by nasal vowels.
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[edit] References
- (Portuguese) Landin, David J. (1988). "As orações karitiâna" (PDF). Série Lingüística 9 (2): 30–50.
- (Portuguese) Landin, David J. [1983] (2005). Dicionário e léxico karitiâna/português (PDF), Brasília: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- (Portuguese) Landin, Rachel M. (1987). "Conjunções karitiâna de nivel superior" (PDF). Série Lingüística 9 (1): 199–206.
