| Apalaí | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Aparai people |
Native speakers | 650 (2022)[1] |
Cariban
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | apy |
| Glottolog | apal1257 |
| ELP | Apalaí |
Apalaí is a Cariban language spoken in Brazil. Approximately 450 people speak Apalaí. It is an agglutinative language which uses a rare object–verb–subject word order.[2]
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t | k | ʔ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | ||||
| voiced | z | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
| Tap/Flap | ɾ | ||||||
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | nasal | plain | nasal | plain | nasal | |
| High | i | ĩ | ɨ | ɨ̃ | u | ũ |
| Mid | e | ẽ | o | õ | ||
| Low | a | ã | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ Apalaí at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Apalai Indian Language (Aparai)". Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ a b Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Apalaí". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
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