Cinta Larga is a Tupian dialect cluster of Brazil, the largest language of the Monde branch.
According to Moore (2005), Arara do Rio Guariba (Guariba River Arara), spoken in the northern part of Aripuanã Indigenous Park, is closely related to the Cinta Larga dialect cluster, and also shares some features with Suruí.Moore, Denny. 2005. Classificação interna da família lingüística Mondé. Estudos Lingüísticos 34: 515-520. (PDF) 26 words were collected by Hargreaves in 2001.Hargreaves, Inês. 2007. Lista de palavras transcritas por Inês Hargreaves, de dois grupos ao norte do Parque Aripuanã, RO. Manuscrito. This language remains unclassified due to the lack of data.
Phonology
Vowels +Cinta Larga vowelsFrontCentralBackClosei ĩɨ ɨ̃Mide ẽo õOpena ã
Consonants +Cinta Larga consonantsLabialDentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalplainpal.StoppttʲkʔFricativeplainsɕprenasalⁿzNasalmnɲŋApproximantwlj +Allophones of consonant phonemesPhonemeAllophones/p/[p], [pʰ], [pʼ], [p̚]/t/[t], [tʰ], [tʼ], [t̚], [ɾ]/tʲ/[tʲ], [tʰʲ], [ʲtʲ], [ʲt̚]/k/[k], [kʰ], [kʼ], [k̚]/s/[s̪], [θ]/ⁿz/[ⁿ̪z̪], [ⁿ̪ð]/ɕ/[ɕ], [tᶝʰ]/m/[m], [ᵐb], [b]/n/[n], [ⁿd], [d]/ɲ/[ɲ], [ʲɲ], [ʲɲʲ], [ɲʲ̃], [ᶮj̃], [ᶮʑ], [ɡᶽ]/ŋ/[ŋ], [ᵑɡ], [ɡ]/w/[w], [w̃]/j/[j], [j̃]
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