- Xavante language
infobox Language
name=Xavante
nativename=aʼuwẽ
familycolor=American
states=Brazil
region=Mato Grosso
speakers=~10,000
fam1=Ge
fam2=Central
fam3=Acua
iso2=sai|iso3=xavThe Xavante language is a
Ge language spoken by theXavante people in about 170 villages in the area surrounding EasternMato Grosso ,Brazil . The Xavante language is unique because of its 13 vowels and matching 13 consonants, itsObject-Subject-Verb grammatical organization, and its use of honorary and endearment terms in its morphology.ounds
Vowels
Consonants
Bibliography
*McLeod, Ruth & Mitchell, Valerie. (2003) " [http://www.sil.org/americas/brasil/PUBLCNS/DICTGRAM/XVGram.pdf Aspectos da Língua Xavante] ." SIL publications, Cuiabá, MT.
*Burgess, Eunice. (1988) " [http://www.sil.org/americas/brasil/PUBLCNS/LING/XVFoco.pdf Foco e Tópico em Xavante] ." Série Lingüística № 9, Vol. 1: 11-38.
*Hall, Joan; McLeod, Ruth & Mitchell, Valerie. (1987) " [http://www.sil.org/americas/brasil/PUBLCNS/DICTGRAM/XVDict.pdf Pequeno Dicionário: Xavante-Português, Português-Xavante] ." Sociedade Internacional de Lingüística, Cuiabá, MT.
*McLeod, Ruth. (1974) " [http://www.sil.org/americas/brasil/PUBLCNS/LING/XVPhonem.pdf Fonemas Xavante] ." Série Lingüística № 3: 131-152.
*Harrison, Alec J. " [http://www.sil.org/americas/brasil/PUBLCNS/ANTHRO/XAVHONOR.pdf Xavante Morphology and Respect/Intimacy Relationships] ."External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=xav Ethnologue]
* [http://www.language-museum.com/x/xavante.php The Language Museum]
* [http://www.rosettaproject.org/archive/opy/view?searchterm=xavante The Rosetta Project]
* [http://www.sil.org/americas/brasil/LANGPAGE/EnglXVPg.htm SIL Brazil]
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