Sharanawa language

Sharanawa (Acre Arara) is a Panoan language of Peru. There are 200 Sharanawa (meaning 'good people') in Brazil, but only 3 speak the language. Its speakers call the language . The Mastanawa dialect may belong to either Sharanawa or Yaminawa, although the Mastanawa regarded their language to be identical with Sharanawa.

Phonology

Consonants

1. Pike and Scott (1962) indicate that is velar.
2. and are contrastive only when preceding or .

Vowels

Tone

Sharanawa is a tonal language. It distinguishes high tone, marked with an acute accent, and low tone, which is unmarked.

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