Bakairi language
# Bakairi language

Bakairí (Bacairí) is a Cariban language, spoken by the Bakairi people in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil.

## Phonology

The consonant and vowel inventories for Eastern Bakairí are shown below.

Consonants :

| | | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | | k | |
| Plosive | voiced | b | d | | ɡ | |
| Fricative | voiceless | | s | ʃ | | h |
| Fricative | voiced | | z | (ʒ) | | |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | (ɲ) | | |
| Liquid | rhotic | | ɾ | | | |
| Liquid | lateral | | l | | | |
| Glide | Glide | w | | j | | |

Vowels :

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| High | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Low | | a | |

## Syntax

Baikarí word order is either subject–object–verb or object–verb–subject.

