Bakairi language

Bakairí (Bacairí) is a Cariban language, spoken by the Bakairi people in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil.

Bakairí
Bacairí, Bacaïri
Kurâ
Native to	Brazil
Region	Mato Grosso
Native speakers	(950 cited 1999)[1]
Language family	Cariban Pekodian Bakairí
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bkq
Glottolog	baka1277
ELP	Bakairí
Bakairi is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Phonology

The consonant and vowel inventories for Bakairí are shown below.^[2]

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Fricative	voiceless		s	ʃ		h
	voiced		z	(ʒ)
Nasal		m	n	(ɲ)
Liquid	rhotic		ɾ
	lateral		l
Glide		w		j

/ʔ/ is only heard in the western dialect.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ	ɨ ɨ̃	u ũ
Mid	e ẽ	ə ə̃	o õ
Low		a ã

Sounds /ɨ, ɨ̃/ are only heard in the eastern dialect.

Syntax

Baikarí word order is either subject–object–verb or object–verb–subject.^[3]