title: Krenak language
text: # Krenak language
  
  The Krenak language, or Botocudo, is the 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
  
  Vowels :
  
  | | Front | Central | Back |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Close | i ĩ | ɨ | u ũ |
  | Mid | | ə | |
  | Open-mid | ɛ ɛ̃ | ɜ̃ | ɔ ɔ̃ |
  | Open | | a | |
  
  Consonants :
  
  | | | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | | k | ʔ |
  | Plosive/ Affricate | voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | | g | |
  | Plosive/ Affricate | prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿd͡ʒ | | ᵑɡ | |
  | Fricative | Fricative | | | ʒ | | | h |
  | Nasal | voiceless | m̥ | n̥ | | ɲ̊ | ŋ̊ | |
  | Nasal | voiced | m | n | | ɲ | ŋ | |
  | Flap | Flap | | ɾ | | | | |
  | Approximant | Approximant | | | | j | w | |
  
  /h/ can also have an allophone of a velar [x].
  
  