Zoʼé language

Zoʼé (Joʼé) is spoken by the indigenous Zoʼé people of Pará, Brazil. It is close to the Emerillon language.

Zoʼé
Poturu, Poturujara, Buré
Jo'é
Native to	Brazil
Region	Pará, Obidos Municipality, Cuminapanema River
Ethnicity	Zoʼé
Native speakers	(150 cited 1998)[1]
Language family	Tupian Tupi–Guarani Wayampí Zoʼé
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pto
Glottolog	zoee1240
ELP	Zo'é

Zoʼé is also known as Zoé, Buré, Poturu, Poturujara, and Tupí of Cunimapanema.

Phonology

Zo’é has the following vowels and consonants^[2] as depicted in the tables below.

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

		Labial			Alveolar			Post-alveolar			Dental			Palatal	Velar			Glottal
		plain	pal.	lab.	plain	pal.	lab.	plain	pal.	lab.	plain	pal.	lab.		plain	pal.	lab.	plain	pal.
Nasal		m	mʲ		n	nʲ									ŋ	ŋʲ
Stop	voiceless	p	pʲ		t										k	kʲ	kʷ
	voiced	b	bʲ		d										ɡ	ɡʲ	gʷ	ʔ
Affricate	voiceless							t͡ʃ		t͡ʃʷ
	voiced							d͡ʒ
Fricative	voiceless	ɸ			s						θ							h	hʲ
	voiced	β									ð
Approximant		w												j
Liquid					ɾ

Vowels

Vowel and nasal phonemes

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i/ĩ	ɨ/ɨ̃	u/ũ
Close-mid	e/ẽ		o/õ
Open-mid	ɛ/ɛ̃		ɔ/ɔ̃
Open		a/ã