Carapano (Karapanã, Carapana-tapuya, Möxdöá) is a
Tucanoan language
Tucanoan (also Tukanoan, Tukánoan) is a language family of Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.
Language contact
Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Arutani, Paez, Sape, Taruma, Witoto-Okaina, Saliba-Hodi ...
of
Colombia and
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
Phonology
Carapano has 11 consonants, plus 3 tones: high, medium and low.
It also has 6 vowels and their nasalized forms.
References
Languages of Colombia
Tucanoan languages
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