Krahô dialect

Krahô (Krahô: Mehĩ jarkwa [mẽˈhĩ jaɾˈkʰwa]^[2]: 74) is a dialect of the Canela-Krahô language, a Timbira variety of the Northern Jê language group (Jê, Macro-Jê) spoken in Tocantins, Brazil by the Krahô people.

Krahô
Mehĩ jarkwa
Pronunciation	[mẽˈhĩ jaɾˈkʰwa]
Native to	Brazil
Region	Tocantins
Ethnicity	Krahô
Native speakers	2,000 (2020)[1]: 11
Language family	Macro-Jê Jê Cerrado Jê of Goyaz Northern Jê Timbira Canela-Krahô Krahô
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xra
Glottolog	krah1246
ELP	Krahô

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ	ɨ ɨ̃	u ũ
Close-mid	e ẽ	(ə)	ɤ	o õ
Open-mid	ɛ		ʌ	ɔ
Open		a ã

• A short /a/ can have an allophone of a mid-central sound [ə].

Consonants

		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p	t̪	tʃ	k	ʔ
	aspirated				kʰ
Fricative						ɦ
Nasal		m	n̪		ŋ
Flap			ɾ
Approximant		ʋ ~ w		j

• /ʋ/ is realized as [w] when occurring in between vowels.^[3]