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Carapana language
Tucanoan language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carapano (Karapanã, Carapana-tapuya, Möxdöá) is a Tucanoan language of Colombia and Brazil.
Phonology
Carapano has 11 consonants.[2]
- /p, t, k/ alternate with /pʰ, tʰ, kʰ/.[3]
- /b, d, g/ become [m, n, ŋ] before nasal vowels.[3] They become [ᵐb, ⁿd, ᵑg] after nasal vowels.[3]
- /b, d/ alternate with [ᵐb, ⁿd] at the beginning of a word, e.g., báì /báì/ [báì]~[ᵐbáì] 'younger brother'.[3]
- /s/ alternates with /t͡s/.[4]
- /ɾ/ has three variants
- /w, h/ are often [β, x] before front vowels.[4]
- /j/ alternates with pre-stopped [ᵈj].[4]
- /w, j, h/ become [w̃, j̃, h̃] before nasal vowels.[4]
It also has 6 vowels and their nasalized forms, plus high and low tones.[2]
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Orthography
Metzger and Metzger use the following orthography.[7]
References
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