title: Bakairi language
text: # Bakairi language
  
  Bakairí (Bacairí) is a Cariban language, spoken by the Bakairi people in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil.
  
  ## Phonology
  
  The consonant and vowel inventories for Eastern Bakairí are shown below.
  
  Consonants :
  
  | | | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Plosive | voiceless | p | t | | k | |
  | Plosive | voiced | b | d | | ɡ | |
  | Fricative | voiceless | | s | ʃ | | h |
  | Fricative | voiced | | z | (ʒ) | | |
  | Nasal | Nasal | m | n | (ɲ) | | |
  | Liquid | rhotic | | ɾ | | | |
  | Liquid | lateral | | l | | | |
  | Glide | Glide | w | | j | | |
  
  Vowels :
  
  | | Front | Central | Back |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | High | i | ɨ | u |
  | Mid | e | ə | o |
  | Low | | a | |
  
  ## Syntax
  
  Baikarí word order is either subject–object–verb or object–verb–subject.
  
  