Malalí language

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Malalí is an extinct Maxakalian language of Brazil.^[1]

Malalí
Native to	Brazil
Region	Minas Gerais
Extinct	(date missing)
Language family	Macro-Jê Maxakalían Malalí
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`mala1432`

Distribution

Malali was historically spoken in an area between the Jequitinhonha River, Araçuaí River, and Suaçuí Grande River near Minas Novas, Minas Gerais.^[2]

Phonology

Reconstructed Malali phonemes are as follows.^[3]

Consonants

	Labial	Dental/Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Voiceless obstruent	p	t	s [s~ʃ]	k
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Approximant	w		j (nasal: ɲ)		h

References

^ Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.
^ Ramirez, H., Vegini, V., & França, M. C. V. de. (2015). Koropó, puri, kamakã e outras línguas do Leste Brasileiro. LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas, 15(2), 223 - 277. doi:10.20396/liames.v15i2.8642302
^ "Uma aproximação à fonologia e morfologia do Malalí (Silva & Nikulin 2021) - Biblioteca Digital Curt Nimuendajú". www.etnolinguistica.org. Retrieved 2024-12-13.

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