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Juruna language

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Juruna
Yudjá
Native toBrazil
RegionXingu Indigenous Park, Mato Grosso
Native speakers
280 (2006)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3jur
Glottologjuru1256
ELPJuruna

The Juruna language, also known as Yudjá,[2] is spoken in Brazil. It is spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Mato Grosso state. In 2001 there were 278 native speakers. It is the last survivor of the Yuruna languages.

Phonology

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Vowels

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Oral vowels
Front Central Back
Close i iː ɨ ɨː u uː
Mid e eː
Open a aː
Nasal vowels
Front Central Back
Close ĩ ɨ̃ ũ
Mid
Open ã
Phoneme Allophone
/u/ [u], [ɯ], [ʊ], [o]
/i/ [i], [ɪ]
/ũ/ [ũ], [ʊ̃], [õ]
/ã/ [ã], [ɜ̃]
/ĩ/ [ĩ], [ɪ̃]

Consonants

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Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop voiceless p k ʔ
voiced b
Nasal m n
Tap ɾ
Fricative voiceless s ʃ h
voiced z
lateral ɬ
Approximant w j
Phoneme Allophone
/t/ [t̪], [t]
/d/ [d̪], [d]
/tʃ/ [tʃ], [tʲ]
/dʒ/ [dʒ], [dʲ]
/h/ [h], [ɸ]
/z/ [z], [dz]
/ɾ/ [ɾ], [ɾ̃], [ɻ]
/w/ [w], [w̃], [β]
/j/ [j], [j̃], [ɲ]

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References

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  1. ^ Juruna at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Carvalho, Fernando O. de. 2019. Revisitando o Proto-Jurúna: a reconstrução da série de oclusivas orais. In: Oliveira, Edna dos Santos; Eduardo A. Vasconcelos; Romário D. Sanches (eds.) Estudos Linguísticos na Amazônia. Campinas: Pontes Editores.
  3. ^ Fargetti, Cristina Martins (2001). Estudo Fonológico e Morfossintático da Língua Juruna. Universidade Estadual de Campinas.

Further reading

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  • WALS Online Resources for Juruna. Haspelmath, Martin (editor); Dryer, Matthew S. (editor); Gil, David (editor); Comrie, Bernard (editor). 2008-05-01. Max Planck Digital Library (http://mpdl.mpg.de/). oai:wals.info:languoid/jrn
  • Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Jurúna". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.