Karitiâna Language (ktn)

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Also Known As: Karitiana language,Caritiana


Description:

Karitiâna or Caritiana is a Tupi language of Brazil. The nasals /m n ɲ/ are pre-stopped [bm dn ɟɲ] if they are preceded by an oral vowel, and post-stopped [mb nd ɲɟ] if they are followed by one. The velar nasal /ŋ/ is denasalized [ɡ] before oral vowels in unstressed syllables, post-stopped [ŋɡ] before oral vowels in stressed syllables, and pre-stopped [ɡŋ] after oral vowels.

/h r j w/ are nasalized [h̃ r̃ w̃ ȷ̃] when surrounded by nasal vowels...... full article at Wikipedia

Location of Karitiâna Language Speakers

http://llmap.org/languages/ktn/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview

Main Country: Brazil
Spoken In:

Regions: Americas

ISO 639-3 Code: ktn

Classification Taxonomy

All Languages

  Tupi Group

    Arikem Group

      Karitiâna Language