Akwáwa is a
Tupi–Guarani dialect cluster
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spoken in
Pará
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in western
Brazil
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.
Dialects
There are three distinct dialects:
[Cheryl Jensen, 1999, "Tupí-Guaraní", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, ''The Amazonian Languages'']
*Asuriní (of Tocantins or Trocará), or ''Akwawa''
*
Suruí (of Tocantins or Pará), or ''Akewara''
*Parakanã, ''Awaeté''
Both the name
Asuriní' and
Suruí' are used for related peoples and their languages: ''
Suruí of Jiparaná,
Suruí of Rondônia,
Asuriní of Xingú,'' etc.
Phonology
The following is the Parakanã dialect:
Vowels
* Vowel sounds are realized as nasalized when preceding nasal consonants.
* /e/ can also be heard as when in stressed position.
* /ɨ/ can also be heard as when preceding a vowel.
* /a/ can be heard as back when in word-final position. In its nasal form, it is heard as back .
* /o/ can be heard as when in unstressed position.
Consonants
* /β/ can also be heard as a glide .
* /tʃ/ can be realized as a glide in final position, and as voiced in intervocalic positions.
Notes
Tupi–Guarani languages
Languages of Brazil
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