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Krenak language
Endangered Macro-Gê language of the Botocudo people of Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Krenak language, also Borum or Botocudo, is the sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages. It was once spoken by the Botocudo people in Minas Gerais, but is known primarily by older women today.
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Phonology
/h/ can also have an allophone of a velar [x].
Prenasal allophones [ᵐb, ⁿd, ⁿd͡ʒ, ᵑɡ] are heard as a result of a preceding nasal or nasal vowel before a voiced stop sound.[2]
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