Mawé language

The Mawé language of Brazil, also known as Sateré (Mabue, Maragua, Andira, Arapium), is one of the Tupian languages. It is spoken by 7,000 Mawé people, many of them monolingual.

Mawé
Sataré
Native to	Brazil
Region	Amazonas
Ethnicity	(undated figure of 7,000 Mawé people)
Native speakers	9,200 (2008)[1]
Language family	Tupian Mawé
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mav
Glottolog	sate1243
ELP	Mawé

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t		k	ʔ
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Fricative		s			h
Tap		ɾ
Approximant	w		j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ iː	ɨ ɨː	u ũ uː
Mid	e ẽ eː		o
Low		a ã aː

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