Terêna language

Terêna or Etelena is spoken by 15,000 Brazilians. The language has a dictionary and written grammar.^[3] Many Terena people have low Portuguese proficiency. It is spoken in Mato Grosso do Sul. About 20% are literate in their language, 80% literate in Portuguese.^{[citation needed]}

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Terêna
Etelena
Native to	Brazil
Region	Mato Grosso do Sul
Ethnicity	Terena people
Native speakers	16,000 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Arawakan Southern Bolivia–Parana Terêna
Language codes
ISO 639-2	`ter`
ISO 639-3	Variously: `ter` – Terena `gqn` – Kinikinao & Guaná `caj` – Chané
Glottolog	`tere1279`
ELP	Terena
	Guana (Brazil)^[2]

Terêna has an active–stative syntax^[4] and verb-object-subject as default word order.^[5]

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	(tʃ)	k	ʔ
Plosive	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑɡ
Fricative	voiceless		s	ʃ		h
Fricative	prenasal		ⁿz	ⁿʒ
Nasal		m	n	(ɲ)
Tap			ɾ
Lateral			l	(ʎ)
Approximant		w ~ v		j

	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ iː	(ɨ)	u ũ uː
Mid	e ẽ eː		o õ oː
Mid	ɛ ɛː		ɔ ɔː
Low		a ã aː

Varieties

Language contact

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

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References

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