Araweté language
# Araweté language

Araweté is a Tupi–Guaraní language of the state of Amazonas, in the Amazon region of Brazil. Nearly all speakers were monolingual in 1986.

## Phonology

### Vowels

| | Front | Central | Back | Back |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | | |
| Mid | e ẽ | | o õ | o õ |
| Open | | a ã | | |
| Phoneme | Allophones |
| /e/ | [e], [ɛ] |
| /o/ | [o], [ɔ], [ɤ], [ʊ], [ɯ], [u] |
| /ã/ | [ã], [ə̃] |
| /õ/ | [õ], [ũ] |

### Consonants

| | | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | ɲ | | |
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
| Plosive | voiced | | d | | | ʔ |
| Continuant | Continuant | w | ɾ | j | | h |
| Phoneme | Allophones |
| /t/ | [t], [ts], [tʲ] |
| /d/ | [d], [dᶻ], [dʲ], [ð] |
| /tʃ/ | [tʃ], [tʃʲ] |
| /m/ | [m], [b] |
| /w/ | [w], [β] |
| /j/ | [j], [j̃], [ɲ], [ɲʲ], [dʒ] |
