Marúbo language

Marúbo is a Panoan language of Brazil.

Marúbo
Native toBrazil
RegionJavari River basin
Native speakers
1,300 (2006)[1]
Panoan
  • Mainline Panoan
    • Nawa
      • Marubo group
        • Marúbo
Language codes
ISO 639-3mzr
Glottologmaru1252
ELPMarubo

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar		 Palatal Velar
Stop p t k
Affricate ts tʃ
Fricative v s ʃ
Nasal m n
Rhotic ɾ
Approximant w j
  • /v/ can be heard as either [v] or [β].

Vowels
Front Central Back
High i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃ u ũ
Low a ã
  • /a, ɨ, u/ may also be heard as [ɐ, ɯ, ʊ].
  • Vowels may also be nasalized when preceding nasal consonants.[2]

References
  1. Marúbo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Costa, Raquel Guimarães Romankevicius (2000). Aspectos da fonologia Marubo (Pano): uma visão não-linear. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.


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