Akwáwa language
Introduction '''Akwáwa''' is a Tupi–Guarani dialect cluster spoken in Pará in western Brazil.
Dialects There are three distinct dialects:*Asuriní (of Tocantins or Trocará), or ''Akwawa''*Suruí (of Tocantins or Pará), or ''Akewara''*Parakanã, ''Awaeté''Both the name '' Asuriní'' and '' Suruí'' are used for related peoples and their languages: ''Suruí of Jiparaná, Suruí of Rondônia, Asuriní of Xingú,'' etc.
Phonology The following is the Parakanã dialect:=== Vowels ===FrontCentralBackCloseMidOpen* Vowel sounds are realized as nasalized when preceding nasal consonants. * /e/ can also be heard as  when in stressed position. * /ɨ/ can also be heard as  when preceding a vowel. * /a/ can be heard as back  when in word-final position. In its nasal form, it is heard as back . * /o/ can be heard as  when in unstressed position.=== Consonants ===LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalplainlab.PlosiveFricativeNasalTap* /β/ can also be heard as a glide . * /tʃ/ can be realized as a glide  in final position, and as voiced  in intervocalic positions.
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