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Pai Tavytera language

Pãi Tavyterã is a Guarani language spoken by about 600 Pai Tavytera people in eastern Paraguay, in Amambay, eastern Concepción, eastern San Pedro, and northern Canindeyú Departments. The language has 70% lexical similarity with the Kaiwá language, spoken in Brazil. Among Pai Tavyetera people, language use is shifting towards Guaraní.

The language is written in the Latin script.

Phonology

Vowels

  • Six shortened vowels both oral and nasal are heard as /Ä­ ɨ̆ Å­/ and /ĩ̆ ɨ̃̆ ũ̆/.

Consonants

  • /ʝ/ can also be heard as an affricate .
  • /b d ʝ É¡/ may also be prenasalized as [ᵐb, ⁿd, ᶮʝ, ᵑɡ].
  • /n/ is heard as before velar consonants.

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