Surui language

Suruí (of Jiparaná), also known as Paíter or Suruí-Paíter, is a Tupian language of Brazil. The Suruí of Rondônia call themselves Paiter, which means “the true people, we ourselves". They speak a language of the Tupi group and Monde language family. There were 1,171 Suruí-Paíter in 2010.

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Quick Facts Suruí, Native to ...

Suruí
Paíter
Native to	Brazil
Ethnicity	Paiter
Native speakers	1,000 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Tupian Monde Suruí
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`sru`
Glottolog	`suru1262`
ELP	Paiter

Vowels

More information Oral Vowels, Nasal Vowels ...

	Oral Vowels	Nasal Vowels
Front	Central	Back	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː	ɨ ɨː		ĩ ĩː	ɨ̃ ɨ̃ː
Mid	e eː		o oː	ẽ ẽː		õ õː
Open		a aː			ã ãː

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p	t	tʃ	k
voiced	b	d	(dʒ)	ɡ
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative	β	s	ʃ		h
Tap		ɾ
Approximant		l	j	(w)

/β/ can be heard as either [β] or [w] in free variation, and as [ɸ] when before voiceless consonants.
/b/ can be heard as prenasal [ᵐb] when after a nasal vowel, or when in initial position.
/h/ can be heard as voiced [ɦ] when between vowels. It is also said to be heard as a voiceless lateral [l̥], among elder speakers.
/j/ can be heard as nasal [j̃] when preceding or in between nasal vowels.
Sounds /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ/, can be heard as [p̚, t̚, k̚, m̚, n̚, ŋ̚] in word-final position.^[2]

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

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