Parkatêjê dialect

Parkatêjê, or Pará Gavião, is a Timbira variety of the Jê language family of Brazil. It is spoken by 12^[1]: 10 individuals in Terra Indígena Mãe Maria (Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Pará). It is closely related to Kỳikatêjê, spoken by another Timbira group in the same reservation. Parkatêjê has been described and documented by Leopoldina Araújo^[2][3] and, more recently, by other researchers from the Federal University of Pará.

Parkatêjê
Pará Gavião
Native to	Brazil
Region	Pará
Ethnicity	Parkatêjê
Native speakers	12 (2020)[1]: 10
Language family	Macro-Jê Jê Cerrado Jê of Goyaz Northern Jê Timbira Pará Gavião Parkatêjê
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	timb1254

Phonology

Consonants of Parkatêjê^[4]

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial–velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t		k		ʔ
Nasal	m	n
Fricative						h
Approximant			j		w
Tap/flap		ɾ

Parkatêjê (and Kỳikatêjê) differ from all other Timbira varieties in lacking a contrast between /k/ and /kʰ/. Moreover, the glottal stop /ʔ/ in Parkatêjê may not occupy the coda position of a syllable, which Ribeiro-Silva (2020) attributes to loss of Proto-Timbira *ʔ in codas in Parkatêjê.^[5]