| Apurinã | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in | Brazil | |
| Region | Amazonia | |
| Total speakers | 2,000 | |
| Language family | Arawakan (disputed)
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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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Sounds
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 |
References
- Da Silva Facundes, Sidney. The language of the Apurinā people of Brazil (Maipure/Arawak). Ph.D. dissertation, SUNY Buffalo. [1]
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