Pai Tavytera language

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Pãi Tavyterã is a Guarani language spoken by about 600 Pai Tavytera people in eastern Paraguay, in Amambay, eastern Concepción, eastern San Pedro, and northern Canindeyú Departments. The language has 70% lexical similarity with the Kaiwá language, spoken in Brazil. Among Pai Tavyetera people, language use is shifting towards Guaraní.[1]

The language is written in the Latin script.[2]

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
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  • Six shortened vowels both oral and nasal are heard as /ĭ ɨ̆ ŭ/ and /ĩ̆ ɨ̃̆ ũ̆/.

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
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  • /ʝ/ can also be heard as an affricate Template:IPAblink.
  • /b d ʝ ɡ/ may also be prenasalized as [ᵐb, ⁿd, ᶮʝ, ᵑɡ].
  • /n/ is heard as Template:IPAblink before velar consonants.[3]

Notes

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  2. "Pai Tavytera." Script Source. 2011. Retrieved 20 Jan 2012.
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External links

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