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Mawé language

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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 Mawé 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

External links

Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). . The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
The New Testament in Sataré-Mawé

Example of publications in Sataré-Mawé