Xingu Asurini language

{{Short description|Tupi–Guaraní language of Brazil}}

{{Expand language|topic=|langcode=pt|otherarticle=Língua asurini do Xingu|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Xingú Asuriní

| nativename = {{lang|asn|Awaeté}}

| region = Pará

| speakers = 120

| date = 2006

| ref = e18

| familycolor = tupian

| fam1 = Tupian

| fam2 = Tupi–Guarani

| fam3 = Xingu

| iso3 = asn

| glotto = xing1248

| glottorefname = Xingú Asuriní

| states = Brazil

| altname = Asurini of Xingu

| pronunciation = {{IPA|[a.wa.e.'te]}}

| map = Terra Indígena Koatinemo.png

}}

Xingú Asuriní (Asurini of Xingu) is a Tupi–Guaraní language of the state of Pará, in the Amazon region of Brazil. The entire population speaks the language, and most speakers are monolingual.

Phonology

{{Cite thesis |last=Alves Pereira |first=Antonia |title=Estudo morfossintatico do Asurini do Xingu |date=2009-03-31 |degree=Doutora em Linguística |publisher=Universidade Estadual de Campinas |url=https://repositorio.unicamp.br/Busca/Download?codigoArquivo=493868 |place=Campinas, SP |doi=10.47749/t/unicamp.2009.443057 |language=pt}}

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!Bilabial

!Alveolar

!Postalveolar

!Palatal

!Velar

!Glottal

rowspan="4" |Occlusive

!voiceless

|p

|t

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|k

aspirated

|pʰ

|tʰ

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|kʰ

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voiced

|b

|d

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|g

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labialized

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|kʷ

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colspan="2" |Nasal

|m

|n

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colspan="2" |Pre-nasal

|ᵐb

|ⁿd

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|ᵑg

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rowspan="2" |Fricative

!voiceless

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|h

voiced

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rowspan="2" |Affricate

!voiceless

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|t͡ʃ

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voiced

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|d͡ʒ

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colspan="2" |Tap

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colspan="2" |Approximant

|w

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|j

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References

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