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Xokleng or Laklãnõ is a Southern Jê language ( Jê, Macro-Jê) spoken by the Xokleng people of Brazil. It is closely related to Kaingang.

Names

Alternate names are Socré, Chocré, Xocren, Bugre, Botocudo, Aweicoma, Cauuba, Caahans, Caagua, Caaigua. ^[2]

Phonology

Vowels

• Vowel off-glides may also be present in word-final position.

Consonants

• Nasal sounds /m, n, ŋ, ŋʷ/ are heard as prenasalized voiced-stops [ᵐb, ⁿd, ᵑɡ, ᵑɡʷ] when preceding oral vowel sounds and heard as nasal sounds [m, n, ŋ, ŋʷ] when preceding nasal vowels, or in nasal positions.
• /v/ can have an allophone of [w] in free variation, and can be heard as a nasal [ɱ] when preceding a nasal vowel or consonant sound.
• /ð/ may have an allophone of [θ] when following /k/, and as [z] in free variation in word-initial positions.
• /j/ is heard with an allophone of [d͡ʒ] when in nasal positions, or when preceding or following other palatal sounds.
• /l/ may be nasalized as [l̃] when in nasal positions. ^[3]

References

External links

• Collections in the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America