Kustenau language

{{Infobox language

| name = Kustenaú

| states = Brazil

| region = Mato Grosso

| extinct = late 20th century

| date =

| familycolor = arawakan

| fam1 = Arawakan

| fam2 = Southern ?

| fam3 = Paresí–Xingu

| fam4 = Waurá

| map2 = Lang Status 01-EX.svg

| iso3 = none

| linglist = qbp

| glotto = kust1238

| glottorefname = Kustenau

| altname = Kustenau

| ethnicity = {{ill|Custenau people|hr|Custenau}}

}}

Kustenau (Kustenaú) is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil.

Phonology

= Vowels =

Kustenau has the vowels /i, e, ɨ, u, a/.

= Consonants =

The consonants are /p, t, k, m, n, s, ʐ, h, ʦ, ʧ, ɾ, l, w, j/.{{Citation |last=Mori |first=Angel H. Corbera |title=Capítulo 2. Interpretação fonético-fonológica do Kustenau (Arawak) na perspectiva do método reconstrutivo sincrônico |date=2022 |work=Diversidade linguística na América : línguas ameríndias |url=https://livros.unb.br/index.php/portal/catalog/view/208/385/5483 |access-date=2025-03-02 |others=Dioney Moreira Gomes, María Alejandra Regúnaga, Arthur Britta Scandelari |publisher=Editora Universidade de Brasília (EDU) |doi=10.26512/9786558461326.c2 |isbn=978-65-5846-132-6 |last2=Ferreira |first2=Jackeline do Carmo|doi-access=free }}

Vocabulary

Unless specified, stress always falls on the penultimate syllable.{{Cite book |last=von den Steinen |first=Karl |url=https://etnolinguistica.wdfiles.com/local--files/biblio%3Asteinen-1894-unter-den-naturvolkern/unterdennaturv00stei.pdf |title=Unter den Naturvölkern Zentral-Brasiliens |date=1894 |publisher=Hoefer & Vohlsen |pages=529–530}}

class="wikitable"

|+Kustenau vocabulary

!Gloss

!Kustenau

tongue

|nunéi

tooth

|nutévoe

mouth

|nukanati

References

Category:Arawakan languages