Xavante language
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| Xavante aʼuwẽ |
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| Spoken in: | Brazil | |
| Region: | Mato Grosso | |
| Total speakers: | ~10,000 | |
| Language family: | Ge Central Acua Xavante |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | sai | |
| ISO 639-3: | xav | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Xavante language is a Ge language spoken by the Xavante people in about 170 villages in the area surrounding Eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Xavante language is unique because of its 13 vowels and matching 13 consonants, its Object-Subject-Verb grammatical organization, and its interesting use of honorary and endearment terms in its morphology.
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[edit] Sounds
[edit] Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i, ĩ | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Low | ɛ, ɛ̃ | a, ã | ɔ, ɔ̃ |
[edit] Consonants
| Labial | Apical | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | ʔ | |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | s | z | h | |||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | w | |||||
[edit] Bibliography
- McLeod, Ruth & Mitchell, Valerie. (2003) Aspectos da Língua Xavante. SIL publications, Cuiabá, MT.
- Burgess, Eunice. (1988) Foco e Tópico em Xavante. Série Lingüística № 9, Vol. 1: 11-38.
- Hall, Joan; McLeod, Ruth & Mitchell, Valerie. (1987) Pequeno Dicionário: Xavante-Português, Português-Xavante. Sociedade Internacional de Lingüística, Cuiabá, MT.
- McLeod, Ruth. (1974) Fonemas Xavante. Série Lingüística № 3: 131-152.
- Harrison, Alec J. Xavante Morphology and Respect/Intimacy Relationships.
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