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
- Six shortened vowels both oral and nasal are heard as /ĭ ɨ̆ ŭ/ and /ĩ̆ ɨ̃̆ ũ̆/.
Consonants
- /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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- ↑ "Pai Tavytera." Script Source. 2011. Retrieved 20 Jan 2012.
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External links
- Paï-Tavytera, Countries and Their Cultures