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Orthography
Araweté entries shall use the orthography proposed by Heurich, with the exception of the glottal stop /ʔ/ being represented by the modifier letter apostrophe ⟨ʼ⟩ . This is a problem with other Tupian languages that's going to be adressed from the start.
Consonants
|
Phoneme |
Phone |
Grapheme
|
p |
p
|
t |
t |
t
|
t͡s |
ts
|
t͡ʃ |
x
|
d |
d |
d
|
dᶻ |
dz
|
k |
k
|
ʔ |
ʼ
|
m |
m
|
n |
n
|
w |
ꞵ |
w
|
r |
ɾ |
r
|
h |
h
|
j |
j
|
Vowels
|
Phoneme |
Phone |
Grapheme
|
i |
i
|
ĩ |
ĩ
|
ɨ |
ɨ
|
ɨ̃ |
ɨ̃
|
u |
u, ɯ, ʊ, ɤ |
u
|
o |
o
|
ũ |
ũ, ɯ̃, ʊ̃, ɤ̃ |
ũ
|
õ |
õ
|
e |
e
|
ẽ |
ẽ
|
a |
a |
a
|
ã |
ã
|
- ^ before /i/, /ĩ/, /ɨ/, /ɨ̃/
- ^ at the end of words; ⟨a⟩ elsewhere
References
- ^ Guilherme Orlandini Heurich (2015) “Nota sobre a grafia da língua Araweté”, in Música, morte e esquecimento na arte verbal Araweté (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: UFRJ, page 14