Kagwahiva language

Kawahíva (Kawahíb, Kagwahib) is a Tupi–Guarani dialect cluster of Brazil. The major variety is Tenharim.

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Kawahíva
Tupi–Guarani subgroup VI
Kawahib
Native to	Brazil
Region	Mato Grosso and Rondônia
Ethnicity	(see varieties below)
Native speakers	(870 cited 2000–2006)^[1]
Language family	Tupian Tupí–Guaraní Kawahib Kawahíva
Dialects	Northern Southern
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: `pah` – Tenharim–Parintintín `urz` – Uru-eu-wau-wau `kuq` – Karipuná (confuses Kawahib with Jau-Navo) `jua` – Júma `xmo` – Morerebi `tkf` – ? Tukumanféd (unattested) `wir` – Wiraféd `paf` – Paranawát `adw` – Amondawa `api` – Apiacá
Glottolog	`tupi1280`

The Tenharim (self-designation, Pyri 'near, together'), Parintintín, Jiahúi, Amondawa, Karipúna (not to be confused with neither the Panoan group, nor the Carib-based creole spoken in the state of Amapá, which all have the same name), Uru-eu-wau-wau (self-designation, Jupaú), Júma, Piripkúra, and Capivarí all call themselves Kawahíva. Their speech is mutually intelligible, and also similar with other languages now extinct. The closest Tupí-Guaraní language seems to be Apiaká,^[2] spoken in Mato Grosso.

Tenharim dialect

Phonemic inventory of the Tenharim/Uruewawau dialect:^[5]

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Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ	ɨ ɨ̃	u ũ
Mid	e ẽ		o õ
Low		a ã

/a, ã/ are heard as [ə, ə̃] in unstressed syllables.

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Consonants
	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
plain	labial
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋʷ
Stop/Affricate	p	t	t͡ʃ	k	kʷ	ʔ
Fricative	β					h
Rhotic		ɾ

/ɲ/ can be heard as [j] when in unstressed positions.
/β/ can also be heard as [w] in the Uruewawau dialect.

Júma dialect

Phonemic inventory of the Júma dialect:^[6]

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Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ	ɨ ɨ̃	u ũ
Mid	ɛ ɛ̃		ɔ ɔ̃
Low		a ã

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Kagwahiva language

Varieties

Phonology

Tenharim dialect

Júma dialect

References

Further reading

External links

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