Krenak language

Krenak
Krenak
Native to	Brazil
Region	Minas Gerais
Ethnicity	150 Botocudo (2006)
Native speakers	10 (2006)
Language family	Macro-Gê Krenak languages Krenak; ;
Dialects	Nakrehé; Uti Krag (Nakpie);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kqq
Glottolog	kren1239
ELP	Krenak

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[edit]

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ	ɨ	u ũ
Mid		ə
Open-mid	ɛ ɛ̃	ɜ̃	ɔ ɔ̃
Open		a

Consonants
		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
Nasal	voiced	m	n		ɲ	ŋ
Flap			ɾ
Approximant					j	w

/h/ can also have an allophone of a velar [x].^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^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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[e18-1] Krenak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Pessoa, Katia N. (2012). Análise fonética e fonológica da língua Krenak e abordagem preliminar de contos Botocudo. Campinas.

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