| Zoʼé | |
|---|---|
| Poturu, Poturujara, Buré | |
| Jo'é | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Pará, Obidos Municipality, Cuminapanema River |
| Ethnicity | Zoʼé |
Native speakers | (150 cited 1998)[1] |
Tupian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pto |
| Glottolog | zoee1240 |
| ELP | Zo'é |
Zoʼé (Joʼé) is spoken by the indigenousZoʼé people ofPará,Brazil. It is close to theEmerillon language.
Zoʼé is also known as Zoé, Buré, Poturu, Poturujara, and Tupí of Cunimapanema.
Zo’é has the following vowels and consonants[2] as depicted in the tables below.
| Labial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | pal. | lab. | plain | pal. | lab. | plain | pal. | lab. | plain | pal. | lab. | plain | pal. | lab. | plain | pal. | |||
| Nasal | m | mʲ | n | nʲ | ŋ | ŋʲ | |||||||||||||
| Stop | voiceless | p | pʲ | t | k | kʲ | kʷ | ||||||||||||
| voiced | b | bʲ | d | ɡ | ɡʲ | gʷ | ʔ | ||||||||||||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡ʃ | t͡ʃʷ | ||||||||||||||||
| voiced | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | ɸ | s | θ | h | hʲ | |||||||||||||
| voiced | β | ð | |||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | w | j | |||||||||||||||||
| Liquid | ɾ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i/ĩ | ɨ/ɨ̃ | u/ũ |
| Close-mid | e/ẽ | o/õ | |
| Open-mid | ɛ/ɛ̃ | ɔ/ɔ̃ | |
| Open | a/ã |
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