Umotína language

Umotína or Umutína is a recently extinct language of Brazil.^[3]

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Umotína
Umutína
Native to	Brazil
Region	Mato Grosso
Ethnicity	515 Umutina (2014)^[1]
Extinct	2003^[2]
Language family	Macro-Jê ? Bororoan Umotína
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`umo`
Glottolog	`umot1240`
ELP	Umutina

Consonants

It is one of the few languages in the world to have a linguolabial consonant; in unpublished data, Floyd Lounsbury reported it has the voiceless linguolabial plosive: /t̼/.^[4]^[5]

Tan Huare (2015)

More information Bilabial, Alveolar ...

Pereira Lima (1995)

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Umotina consonants^[7]
	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Occlusive	p	t		k
Fricative	plain			ʃ
voiced		z	ʒ
Nasal	m	n
Tap		ɾ
Lateral		l
Approximant	w		j

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

Umotína language

Phonology

Consonants

Tan Huare (2015)

Pereira Lima (1995)

Vowels

References

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