Suruí do Pará dialect

The Suruí do Pará dialect of the Tupian Akwáwa language of Brazil is spoken in the Araguaia region in the state Pará and in the town of São João do Araguaia. It is written in the Latin script, but literacy in Suruí do Pará is extremely low.[1]

Suruí do Pará
Native toBrazil (Pará)
EthnicitySuruí
Native speakers
260 (2006)[1]
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3mdz
Glottologsuru1261
ELPSuruí do Pará

Suruí do Pará is regarded as a dialect of Akwáwa by linguists such as Aryon Dall'Igna Rodrigues. The other two dialects of Akwáwa are Parakanã and Asuriní of Tocantins.[2]

Names

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It is also known as Aikewara, Akewara, Akewere, and Suruí.[3]

Phonology

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Suruí has five vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ , o/. All vowels have nasalized forms, and Suruí has contrastive nasalisation.[4]

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d g
Affricate voiceless t͡ʃ
voiced d͡ʒ
Fricative s ʃ
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Approximant l j w
Flap ɾ

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Suruí do Pará at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Suruí: Language." Povos Indígenas no Brasil. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Suruí do Pará." Ethnologue. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  4. ^ "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-02.