Xavante language

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{{infobox Language |name=Xavante |nativename=aʼuwẽ |familycolor=American |states=Brazil |region=Mato Grosso |speakers=~10,000 |fam1=Ge |fam2=Central |fam3=Acua |iso2=sai|iso3=xav}}

The Xavante language is a Ge language spoken by the Xavante people in about 60 villages in the area surrounding Eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Xavante language is unique because of its 13 vowels and matching 13 consonants, its Object-Subject-Verb grammatical organization, and its interesting use of honorary and endearment terms in its morphology.

Contents 1 Sounds 1.1 Vowels 1.2 Consonants 2 Bibliography 3 External links

Sounds

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
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Mid	Template:IPA	Template:IPA	Template:IPA
Low	Template:IPA, Template:IPA	Template:IPA, Template:IPA	Template:IPA, Template:IPA

Consonants

	Labial		Apical		Velar	Glottal
Plosive	Template:IPA	Template:IPA	Template:IPA	Template:IPA		Template:IPA
Nasal	Template:IPA		Template:IPA		Template:IPA
Fricative			Template:IPA	Template:IPA		Template:IPA
Flap			Template:IPA
Approximant	Template:IPA

Bibliography

• McLeod, Ruth & Mitchell, Valerie. (2003) Aspectos da Língua Xavante. SIL publications, Cuiabá, MT.
• Burgess, Eunice. (1988) Foco e Tópico em Xavante. Série Lingüística № 9, Vol. 1: 11-38.
• Hall, Joan; McLeod, Ruth & Mitchell, Valerie. (1987) Pequeno Dicionário: Xavante-Português, Português-Xavante. Sociedade Internacional de Lingüística, Cuiabá, MT.
• McLeod, Ruth. (1974) Fonemas Xavante. Série Lingüística № 3: 131-152.
• Harrison, Alec J. Xavante Morphology and Respect/Intimacy Relationships.

External links

• Ethnologue
• The Language Museum
• The Rosetta Project
• SIL Brazil

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