Mawé language

Mawé
Mawé
Sataré
Native to	Brazil
Ethnicity	Mawé people
Native speakers	9,200 (2008)[1]
Language family	Tupian Mawé;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mav
Glottolog	sate1243
ELP	Mawé

The Mawé language of Brazil, also known as Sateré (Mabue, Maragua, Andira, Arapium), is one of the Tupian languages. It is spoken by 7,000 people, many of them monolingual.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t		k	ʔ
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Fricative		s			h
Tap		ɾ
Approximant	w		j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ iː	ɨ ɨː	u ũ uː
Mid	e ẽ eː		o
Low		a ã aː

[2]

References

Mawé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
da Silva, Raynice Pereira (2006). Estudo fonológico da língua sateré-mawé.

External links

Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Sateré-Mawé". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
Mateus 1, Tupana Ehay Satere Mawe Pusupuo (MAVNT) The New Testament in Sataré-Mawé

Example of publications in Sataré-Mawé

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[e18-1] Mawé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Silva, Raynice Pereira (2006). Estudo fonológico da língua sateré-mawé.