Mawé language

Mawé
Mawé
Sateré
Native to	Brazil
Region	Amazonas
Ethnicity	(undated figure of 7,000 Mawé people)
Native speakers	9,200 (2008)
Language family	Tupian Mawé;
Official status
Official language in	Brazil ( Amazonas)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mav
Glottolog	sate1243
ELP	Mawé
Linguasphere	88-BAA-a

The Mawé language of Brazil, also known as Sateré (Mabue), is one of the Tupian languages. It is spoken by 7,000 Mawé people, many of them monolingual.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p	t		k	ʔ
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Fricative		s			h
Tap		ɾ
Approximant	w		j

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i ĩ iː	ɨ ɨː	u ũ uː
Mid	e ẽ eː		o
Low		a ã aː

References

↑ Mawé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ "Amazonas passa a ter 16 línguas indígenas oficiais; saiba quais são". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
↑ da Silva, Raynice Pereira (2006). Estudo fonológico da língua sateré-mawé.

External links

Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Sateré-Mawé". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
Mateus 1, Tupana Ehay Satere Mawe Pusupuo (MAVNT) The New Testament in Sataré-Mawé

Example of publications in Sataré-Mawé

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[e18-1] Mawé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Amazonas passa a ter 16 línguas indígenas oficiais; saiba quais são". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2026-04-18.

[3] Silva, Raynice Pereira (2006). Estudo fonológico da língua sateré-mawé.

Mawé
Sateré
Native to	Brazil
Region	Amazonas
Ethnicity	(undated figure of 7,000 Mawé people)
Native speakers	9,200 (2008)
Language family	Tupian Mawé
Official status
Official language in	Brazil ( Amazonas)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mav`
Glottolog	`sate1243`
ELP	Mawé
Linguasphere	`88-BAA-a`