Suruí (of Jiparaná), also known as Paíter or Suruí-Paíter, is a Tupian language of Brazil. The Suruí of Rondônia call themselves Paiter, which means “the true people, we ourselves". They speak a language of the Tupi group and Monde language family. There were 1,171 Suruí-Paíter in 2010.
surui, language, confused, with, suruí, pará, language, suruí, jiparaná, also, known, paíter, suruí, paíter, tupian, language, brazil, suruí, rondônia, call, themselves, paiter, which, means, true, people, ourselves, they, speak, language, tupi, group, monde, . Not to be confused with Surui do Para language Surui of Jiparana also known as Paiter or Surui Paiter is a Tupian language of Brazil The Surui of Rondonia call themselves Paiter which means the true people we ourselves They speak a language of the Tupi group and Monde language family There were 1 171 Surui Paiter in 2010 SuruiPaiterNative toBrazilEthnicityPaiterNative speakers1 000 2006 1 Language familyTupian MondeSuruiLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code sru class extiw title iso639 3 sru sru a Glottologsuru1262ELPPaiter Contents 1 Phonology 1 1 Vowels 1 2 Consonants 2 References 3 External linksPhonology editVowels edit Oral Vowels Nasal Vowels Front Central Back Front Central Back Close i iː ɨ ɨː ĩ ĩː ɨ ɨ ː Mid e eː o oː ẽ ẽː o oː Open a aː a aː Consonants edit Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Stop voiceless p t tʃ k voiced b d dʒ ɡ Nasal m n ɲ ŋ Fricative b s ʃ h Tap ɾ Approximant l j w b can be heard as either b or w in free variation and as ɸ when before voiceless consonants b can be heard as prenasal ᵐb when after a nasal vowel or when in initial position h can be heard as voiced ɦ when between vowels It is also said to be heard as a voiceless lateral l among elder speakers j can be heard as nasal j when preceding or in between nasal vowels Sounds p t k m n ŋ can be heard as p t k m n ŋ in word final position 2 References edit Surui at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Guerra Mariana de Lacerda 2004 Aspects of Surui Phonology and Phonetics Universite Libre de Bruxelles External links editELAR archive of Documentation of Gaviao and Surui Languages in whistled and instrumental speech by Julien Meyer ELAR archive of Language Documentation of traditional culture among the Gaviao and Surui of Rondonia by Dennis Moore nbsp This Tupian languages related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Surui language amp oldid 1214792410, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
