Awetí language
E890400
The Awetí language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Awetí people of Brazil’s Xingu region.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Awetí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Tupian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticClassification |
Awetí subgroup
ⓘ
Tupian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Auetí
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Auití NERFINISHED ⓘ Aweti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
mythological narratives
ⓘ
ritual speech ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| hasFieldworkIn | Upper Xingu Indigenous communities ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | awe ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearchBy | Sebastian Drude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
person marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
nasal harmony
ⓘ
oral–nasal contrast in vowels ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | Awetí Indigenous group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | relatively free word order ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xingu Indigenous Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Mawé language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mundurukú language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tupi–Guarani languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSpokenInVillage | Awetí village ⓘ |
| isSpokenNear |
Kamayurá communities
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kuikuro communities ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tupian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Upper Xingu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Awetí people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Xingu region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Awetí branch ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
head-marking ⓘ verb-final tendency ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Awetí community
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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