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Mehináku (Meinaku) is anArawakan language spoken by theMehinaku people in theXingu Indigenous Park ofBrazil.^[2] One dialect, Waurá-kumá, is "somewhatintelligible" withWaurá due to influence from this language.^[1]

Mehináku features five vowels /a e i ɨ u/ which can be either oral or nasal /ã ẽ ĩ ɨ̃ ũ/.^[3]

The language has thirteen consonants.^[3]

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