Akwáwa is a Tupi–Guarani dialect cluster spoken in Pará in western Brazil.
Dialects There are three distinct dialects:Cheryl Jensen, 1999, "Tupí-Guaraní", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, The Amazonian Languages 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.
Phonology The following is the Asuriní dialect:
Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseMidOpen
Vowel length is also distinctive. Vowel sounds are realized as nasalized when preceding nasal consonants.
Consonants LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalplainlab.PlosiveFricativeNasalTapApproximant
Notes