Krenak language
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Endangered Macro-Gê language of the Botocudo people of Brazil
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| Krenak | |
|---|---|
| Botocudo | |
| Borum | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Minas Gerais |
| Ethnicity | 150 Botocudo (2006)[1] |
Native speakers | 10 (2006)[1] |
Macro-Gê
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kqq |
| Glottolog | kren1239 |
| ELP | Krenak |
The Krenak language, also Borum or Botocudo, is the sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages. It was once spoken by the Botocudo people in Minas Gerais, but is known primarily by older women today.
Phonology
[edit ]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | ɨ | u ũ |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɜ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ |
| Open | a |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | ʔ |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | g | ||
| prenasal | mb | nd | nd͡ʒ | ŋɡ | ||
| Fricative | ʒ | h | ||||
| Nasal | voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | ɲ̊ | ŋ̊ | |
| voiced | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
/h/ can also have an allophone of a velar [x].[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Krenak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Pessoa, Katia N. (2012). Análise fonética e fonológica da língua Krenak e abordagem preliminar de contos Botocudo. Campinas.
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