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Tupi–Guarani dialect of Brazil

Akwáwa
Native to	Brazil
Region	Pará
Ethnicity	Suruí do Pará, Asuriní, Parakanã
Native speakers	1,500 (2012)[1]
Language family	Tupian Tupí–Guaraní Group IV Akwáwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: asu – Asuriní mdz – Suruí pak – Parakanã
Glottolog	tupi1284

Akwáwa is a Tupi–Guarani dialect cluster spoken in Pará in western Brazil.

Dialects

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There are three distinct dialects:^[2]

• Asuriní (of Tocantins or Trocará), or Akwawa
• Suruí (of Tocantins or Pará), or Akewara
• Parakanã, Awaeté

Both the name Asuriní and Suruí are used for related peoples and their languages: Suruí of Jiparaná, Suruí of Rondônia, Asuriní of Xingú, etc.

The following is the Parakanã dialect:^[3]

• Vowel sounds are realized as nasalized when preceding nasal consonants.
• /e/ can also be heard as [ɛ] when in stressed position.
• /ɨ/ can also be heard as [ə] when preceding a vowel.
• /a/ can be heard as back [ʌ] when in word-final position. In its nasal form, it is heard as back [ʌ̃].
• /o/ can be heard as [u] when in unstressed position.

• /β/ can also be heard as a glide [w].
• /tʃ/ can be realized as a glide [j] in final position, and as voiced [dʒ] in intervocalic positions.

1. ^ AsuriníatEthnologue (25th ed., 2022)

Suruí at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Parakanã at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

^ Cheryl Jensen, 1999, "Tupí-Guaraní", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, The Amazonian Languages

^ Souza e Silva, Auristéa Caetana (1999). Aspectos da referência alternada em Parakanã. Universidade Federal do Pará.

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