The Krenak language, or Botocudo, is the sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages. It was once spoken by the Botocudo people in Minas Gerais, but is known primarily by older women today.
Phonology
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | ɨ | u ũ |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɜ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ |
| Open | a |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | g | |||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿd͡ʒ | ᵑɡ | |||
| Fricative | ʒ | h | |||||
| Nasal | voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | ɲ̊ | ŋ̊ | ||
| voiced | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Flap | ɾ | ||||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
/h/ can also have an allophone of a velar [x].[2]
References
- ^ a b Krenak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Pessoa, Katia N. (2012). Análise fonética e fonológica da língua Krenak e abordagem preliminar de contos Botocudo. Campinas.
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