Gavião of Jiparaná
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Gaviao of Jiparana (Gavião do Jiparaná), also known as "Digüt" (a chief's name), Ikolen and Gavião do Rondônia, or in the language itself, Ikó̱ló̱éhj, is the language of the Gavião of Rondônia, Brazil. It is a Tupian language of the Monde branch. It is partially intelligible with Suruí. The Zoró dialect spoken by the Zoró people is sometimes considered a separate language.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Alveolopalatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occlusive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | g | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | ts | tʃ | |||
| voiced | dz | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | β | ||||
| voiced | ||||||
| Lateral | voiced | l | ||||
| Flap | r | |||||
| Approximant | j |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | nasal | plain | nasal | plain | nasal | ||
| High | short | i | ĩ | ɨ | ɨ̃ | ||
| long | iː | ĩː | ɨː | ɨ̃ː | |||
| Mid | short | e | ẽ | o | õ | ||
| long | eː | ẽː | oː | õː | |||
| Low | short | a | ã | ||||
| long | aː | ãː |
External links
- ELAR archive of by Julien Meyer
- ELAR archive of by Dennis Moore