The Juruna language, also known as Yudjá,Carvalho, Fernando O. de. 2019. Revisitando o Proto-Jurúna: a reconstrução da série de oclusivas orais. In: Oliveira, Edna dos Santos; Eduardo A. Vasconcelos; Romário D. Sanches (eds.) Estudos Linguísticos na Amazônia. Campinas: Pontes Editores. is spoken in Brazil. It is spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Mato Grosso state. In 2001 there were 278 native speakers. It is the last survivor of the Yuruna languages.
Phonology
Vowels +Oral vowelsFrontCentralBackClosei iːɨ ɨːu uːMide eːOpena aː
+Nasal vowelsFrontCentralBackCloseĩɨ̃ũMidẽOpenã PhonemeAllophone/u/[u], [ɯ], [ʊ], [o]/i/[i], [ɪ]/ũ/[ũ], [ʊ̃], [õ]/ã/[ã], [ɜ̃]/ĩ/[ĩ], [ɪ̃]
Consonants LabialDental/AlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalStopvoicelesspt̪tʃkʔvoicedbd̪dʒNasalmnTapɾFricativevoicelesssʃhvoicedzlateralɬApproximantwj PhonemeAllophone/t/[t̪], [t]/d/[d̪], [d]/tʃ/[tʃ], [tʲ]/dʒ/[dʒ], [dʲ]/h/[h], [ɸ]/z/[z], [dz]/ɾ/[ɾ], [ɾ̃], [ɻ]/w/[w], [w̃], [β]/j/[j], [j̃], [ɲ]
References
Further reading WALS Online Resources for Juruna. Haspelmath, Martin (editor); Dryer, Matthew S. (editor); Gil, David (editor); Comrie, Bernard (editor). 2008-05-01. Max Planck Digital Library (http://mpdl.mpg.de/). oai:wals.info:languoid/jrn