Xav

Also Known As: Chavante,A'we,Crisca,Akwen,Shavante,Pusciti,Tapacua,Akuên,A'uwe Uptabi Description: The Xavante language is a Ge language spoken by the Xavante people in about 170 villages in the area surrounding Eastern Mato Grosso, Brazil. The Xavante language is unusual in its phonology, its Object-Subject-Verb word order, and its use of honorary and endearment terms in its morphology. The phonology of Xavante is described by McLeod (1974). Xavante has nine vowels, long and short. Four occur nasalized, long and short. /i/ is [iː] when long and [ɪ] when short. /e/ is raised after /r/ in a non-initial syllable. /a/ is a central vowel. It is a rounded [ɐ̹] in certain stylistic conventions. /ɔ/ is a mid vowel [ɔ̝ː] when long, and a more open [ɔ] when short. /u/ is [uː] when long and [u] or [ʊ] when short. /o/, /ɨ/, and /ɛ/ do not vary much. /ə/ is written in the orthography. Xavante has ten consonants, /p t c ʔ b d j r w h/. They are realized as, (Placement is approximate; /j/ varies between obstruent and sonorant, alveolar and palatal.) Xavante is highly unusual in lacking velar consonants, except for the labio-velar approximant /w/. At a phonemic level, it arguably also lacks nasal consonants, which is less unusual in the Amazon. The language however has a high degree of..... full article at Wikipedia Location of Xavánte Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/xav/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: Brazil Spoken In: Regions: Americas ISO 639-3 Code: xav Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Macro-Ge Group     Ge-Kaingang Group       Ge Group         Central Ge Group           Acua Group             Xavánte Language