The Mawé language of
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
, also known as Sateré (''Mabue, Maragua, Andira, Arapium''), is one of the
Tupian languages
The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani.
Homeland and ''urheimat''
Rodrigues (2007) considers the Proto-Tupian urheimat to be somewhere betwee ...
. It is spoken by 7,000 people, many of them monolingual.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
References
External links
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Mateus 1, Tupana Ehay Satere Mawe Pusupuo (MAVNT)The
New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianit ...
in Sataré-Mawé
Example of publications in Sataré-Mawé
Tupian languages
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