Akwáwa language

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

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Akwáwa
Native to	Brazil
Region	Pará
Ethnicity	Suruí do Pará, Asuriní, Parakanã
Native speakers	1,500 (2012)^[1]
Language family	Tupian Tupí–Guaraní Group IV Akwáwa
Dialects	Suruí Asuriní Parakanã
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: `asu` – Asuriní `mdz` – Suruí `pak` – Parakanã
Glottolog	`tupi1284`

The following is the Parakanã dialect:^[3]

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ
Mid	e		o
Open		a

Vowel sounds are realized as nasalized when preceding nasal consonants.
/e/ can also be heard as [ɛ] when in stressed position.
/ɨ/ can also be heard as [ə] when preceding a vowel.
/a/ can be heard as back [ʌ] when in word-final position. In its nasal form, it is heard as back [ʌ̃].
/o/ can be heard as [u] when in unstressed position.

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
plain	lab.
Plosive	p	t	tʃ	k	kʷ	ʔ
Fricative	β					h
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Tap		ɾ
Glide					(w)

/β/ can also be heard as a glide [w].
/tʃ/ can be realized as a glide [j] in final position, and as voiced [dʒ] in intervocalic positions.

Dialects

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

Notes

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