| speakers = 2
| date = 2005
| ref = e18
| familycolor = American
| fam1 = Macro-Jê
| iso3 = opy
| glotto = ofay1240
| glottorefname = Ofayé
| map = Ofaye language.png
| mapcaption =
}}The Ofayé or Opaye language, also Ofaié-Xavante, Opaié-Shavante, forms its own branch of the Macro-Jê languages. It is spoken by only a couple of the small Ofayé people, though language revitalization efforts are underway.
Phonology
Vowels| Front | Central | Back | | Close | i ĩ |
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| Close-mid | e ẽ | o õ |
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| Mid | ə |
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| Open-mid | ɛ |
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| Open | a ã |
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[1]Consonants | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio-velar | Glottal | | Stop | voiceless | t | k | kʷ | ʔ |
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| voiced | d | g |
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| Affricate | voiceless | t͡ʃ |
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| voiced | d͡ʒ |
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| Fricative | ʃ | h |
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| Nasal | n |
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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}}
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