Araweté
Language code
awt
Location
4°59'31"S 52°35'20"W
Family
Tupí
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| Plain stop/affricate | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ | |
| Voiced stop | d | |||||
| Fricative | h | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
| Tap, flap | ɾ |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
| High | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
| Low | a |
Suprasegmental
None
Bibliography
Alves, Juliana Ferreira. 2008. Fonética e fonologia da língua araweté: uma nova contribuição. MA thesis, Universidade de Brasília.
Notes
Alves states that /ã/ is in the process of phonologization since it is phonemic for some but not all speakers (pg 67).