|speakers=10
|date=2006
|ref=e18
|familycolor=American
|fam1=Macro-Gê
|fam2=Krenak languages
|iso3=kqq
|glotto=kren1239
|glottorefname=Krenak
}}The Krenak language, or Botocudo, is the moribund sole surviving language of a small family believed to be part of the Macro-Gê languages. It was once spoken by the Botocudo people in Minas Gerais, but is known primarily by older women today.
Phonology
[1]Vowels| Front | Central | Back | | Close | i ĩ | ɨ | u ũ |
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| Close-mid | o |
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| Mid | ə |
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| Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ |
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| Open | a ã |
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Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | | Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ |
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| voiced | b | d | g |
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| Affricate | voiceless | t͡ʃ |
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| voiced | d͡ʒ |
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| Fricative | ʒ | h |
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| Nasal | voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | ɲ̥ | ŋ̥ |
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| voiced | m | n | ɲ | ŋ |
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| Approximant | j | w |
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| Flap | ɾ |
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References
1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/~saphon/|title=SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories|website=linguistics.berkeley.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-08-12}}
{{Languages of Brazil}}{{Macro-Jê languages}}{{Macro-Jê-lang-stub}} 4 : Krenak languages|Languages of Brazil|Indigenous languages of South America (Central)|Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas