Umotína language
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| Umotína | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Mato Grosso |
| Extinct | 2003[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | umo |
| Glottolog | umot1240 |
| ELP | Umutina |
Umotína or Umutína is a recently extinct language of Brazil.
Phonology[edit]
It is one of the few languages in the world to have a linguolabial consonant; in unpublished data, Floyd Lounsbury reported it has the voiceless linguolabial plosive: /t̼/.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Camargos, L. S. (2013). Consolidando uma proposta de Família Linguística Boróro: contribuição aos estudos histórico-comparativos do Tronco Macro-Jê (Doctoral thesis) (in Portuguese). Universidade de Brasília..
- ^ Martin, Samuel E. (1956). "Review of A Manual of Phonology". Language. 32 (4): 683. doi:10.2307/411090. JSTOR 411090.
- ^ Olson, Kenneth S.; Reiman, D. William; Sabio, Fernando; da Silva, Filipe Alberto (2013). "The voiced linguolabial plosive in Kajoko". Journal of West African Languages. 42 (2): 63.