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Pykobjê dialect
Pykobjê (also Gavião-Pykobjê) Pykobjê-Gavião, Gavião, Pyhcopji, or Gavião-Pyhcopji ) is a dialect of Pará Gavião, a Northern Jê language, spoken by the Gavião-Pykobjê people in Terra Indígena Governador close to Amarante, Maranhão, Brazil. It has also been stated to be a distinct language. Krĩkatí (also Krinkati or Krikati ) is spoken by the Krĩkatí people in Terra Indígena Krikati in Maranhão. Pykobjê and Krĩkatí differ in that Pykobjê retains the velar nasal of Proto-Timbira (spelt in the orthography, as in cagã 'snake', gõr 'to sleep'), which Krĩkatí has replaced with (cahã, hõr), as well as in having a voiceless fricative allophone of (spelt , as in cas pacará basket', hõhmtyx 'his/her wrist'), which occurs in the coda position only and corresponds to in all other Timbira varieties, including Krĩkatí. There is a Krĩkatí-Portuguese dictionary by a New Tribes Mission missionary. The remainder of this article describes Pykobjê specifically.
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Pykobjê (also Gavião-Pykobjê) Pykobjê-Gavião, Gavião, Pyhcopji, or Gavião-Pyhcopji ) is a dialect of Pará Gavião, a Northern Jê language, spoken by the Gavião-Pykobjê people in Terra Indígena Governador close to Amarante, Maranhão, Brazil. It has also been stated to be a distinct language. Krĩkatí (also Krinkati or Krikati ) is spoken by the Krĩkatí people in Terra Indígena Krikati in Maranhão. Pykobjê and Krĩkatí differ in that Pykobjê retains the velar nasal of Proto-Timbira (spelt in the orthography, as in cagã 'snake', gõr 'to sleep'), which Krĩkatí has replaced with (cahã, hõr), as well as in having a voiceless fricative allophone of (spelt , as in cas pacará basket', hõhmtyx 'his/her wrist'), which occurs in the coda position only and corresponds to in all other Timbira varieties, including Krĩkatí. There is a Krĩkatí-Portuguese dictionary by a New Tribes Mission missionary. The remainder of this article describes Pykobjê specifically.
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