Akwáwa language

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Akwáwa is a Tupi–Guaranidialect cluster spoken in Pará in western Brazil.

Dialects

There are three distinct dialects:[2]

  • Asuriní (of Tocantins or Trocará), or Akwawa
  • Suruí (of Tocantins or Pará), or Akewara
  • Parakanã, Awaeté

Both the name Asuriní and Suruí are used for related peoples and their languages: Suruí of Jiparaná, Suruí of Rondônia, Asuriní of Xingú, etc.

Phonology

The following is the Asuriní dialect:[3]

Vowels

FrontCentralBack
Closeiɨ
Midɛo
Opena
  • Vowel length is also distinctive.
  • Vowel sounds are realized as nasalized when preceding nasal consonants.

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
plainlab.
Plosivepttʃkkʷʔ
Fricativeh
Nasalmnŋ
Tapɾ
Approximantw

Notes

  1. ↑Asuriní at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access iconSuruí at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access iconParakanã at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ↑Cheryl Jensen, 1999, "Tupí-Guaraní", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, The Amazonian Languages
  3. ↑Nicholson, Velda (1978). Aspectos da língua Asuriní. Brasília: SIL.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)