Juruna language

The Juruna language, also known as Yudjá,^[2] is spoken in Brazil. It is spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Mato Grosso state. In 2001 there were 278 native speakers. It is the last survivor of the Yuruna languages.

Juruna
Yudjá
Native to	Brazil
Region	Xingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso
Ethnicity	Yudjá
Native speakers	280 (2006)[1]
Language family	Tupian Yuruna Juruna
Language codes
ISO 639-3	jur
Glottolog	juru1256
ELP	Juruna

Phonology

Vowels

Oral vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i iː	ɨ ɨː	u uː
Mid	e eː
Open		a aː

Nasal vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	ĩ	ɨ̃	ũ
Mid	ẽ
Open		ã

Phoneme	Allophone
/u/	[u], [ɯ], [ʊ], [o]
/i/	[i], [ɪ]
/ũ/	[ũ], [ʊ̃], [õ]
/ã/	[ã], [ɜ̃]
/ĩ/	[ĩ], [ɪ̃]

Consonants

		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	voiceless	p	t̪	tʃ	k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d̪	dʒ
Nasal		m	n
Tap			ɾ
Fricative	voiceless		s	ʃ		h
	voiced		z
	lateral		ɬ
Approximant		w		j

Phoneme	Allophone
/t/	[t̪], [t]
/d/	[d̪], [d]
/tʃ/	[tʃ], [tʲ]
/dʒ/	[dʒ], [dʲ]
/h/	[h], [ɸ]
/z/	[z], [dz]
/ɾ/	[ɾ], [ɾ̃], [ɻ]
/w/	[w], [w̃], [β]
/j/	[j], [j̃], [ɲ]

^[3]