Kaiwá language
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Kaiwá is a Guarani language spoken by about 18,000 Kaiwá people in Brazil in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and 510 people in northeastern Argentina. Literacy is 5-10% in Kaiwá and 15–25% in Portuguese. Kaiwá proper is 70% lexically similar with the Pai Tavytera language, and its similarity to its linguistic cousin Guaraní, one of the two national-languages of Paraguay alongside the Spanish language, means it is even sometimes considered mutually intelligible.[1]
Phonology
Vowels
- /e/ can also be heard as Template:IPAblink.
Consonants
- Prenasalized stops can also be heard as nasal sonorants.
- [w] is heard as an allophone of /v/ or /u/.
- [j] is heard as an allophone of /i/.[2]
Sample text
Original Kaiwá text:
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Guarani translation:
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Portuguese translation:[3]
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Rough English translation:
When you walk in the bush, you see the macaw. The plumage is a beautiful red. The macaw flies in the sky. When it flies, it shouts "Kaa! Kaa!" There are many macaws in the bush.
Notes
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Bibliography
- Summer Institute of Linguistics (1980) Te'ýi nhe'ẽ. 5 Cartilha Kaiwá, SIL, Brasilia, DF.
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