Mamaindê language

Mamaindê
Spoken in	Brazil
Region	Mato Grosso
Native speakers	250 (2009)[1] 330  (2007)[2]
Language family	Nambikwaran Northern Mamaindê
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wmd

Mamaindê is a Nambikwaran language spoken in the Mato Grosso state of Brazil, in the very north of the indigenous reserve, Terra Indígena Vale do Guaporé, between the Pardo and Cabixi Rivers. In the southern part of the reserve, speakers of Sabanê and Nambikwara are found.^[3] The number of speakers is 250, and the language is spoken by the Mamaindê people.^[1]

Phonology

Vowels

Mamaindê has five vowels:^[4]

	Front	Back
	Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i	u
Close-mid	e	o
Open	a

Each of the vowels have a nasalized counterpart.

Consonants

Mamaindê has 14 consonants:^[5]

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n
Plosive	Plain	p	t		k	ʔ
	Aspirated	pʰ	tʰ		kʰ
Fricative			s			h
Approximant			l	j	w

References

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Eberhard 2009, p. v
2. ^ Ethnologue: Mamaindé
3. ^ Eberhard 2009, p. 4
4. ^ Eberhard 2009, pp. 96–97
5. ^ Eberhard 2009, p. 52

General

• Eberhard, David M. (2009), Mamaindê Grammar: A Northern Nambikwara language and its cultural context, Utrecht, Netherlands: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics, ISBN 978-94-6093-012-6