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| Bakairí | |
|---|---|
| Bacairí, Bacaïri | |
| Kurâ | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Mato Grosso |
Native speakers | (950 cited 1999)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bkq |
| Glottolog | baka1277 |
| ELP | Bakairí |
 Bakairi is classified as Vulnerable by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Bakairí (Bacairí) is aCariban language, spoken by theBakairi people in the state ofMato Grosso inBrazil.
The consonant and vowel inventories for Bakairí are shown below.[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | h | ||
| voiced | z | (ʒ) | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | (ɲ) | |||
| Liquid | rhotic | ɾ | ||||
| lateral | l | |||||
| Glide | w | j | ||||
/ʔ/ is only heard in the western dialect.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | iĩ | ɨɨ̃ | uũ |
| Mid | eẽ | əə̃ | oõ |
| Low | aã |
Sounds /ɨ, ɨ̃/ are only heard in the eastern dialect.
Baikarí word order is eithersubject–object–verb orobject–verb–subject.[3]
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