Pai Tavytera language

Pãi Tavyterã is a Guarani language spoken by about 600 Pai Tavytera people in eastern Paraguay, in Amambay, eastern Concepción, eastern San Pedro, and northern Canindeyú Departments. The language has 70% lexical similarity with the Kaiwá language, spoken in Brazil. Among Pai Tavyetera people, language use is shifting towards Guaraní.

The language is written in the Latin script.

Vowels

 * Six shortened vowels both oral and nasal are heard as /ĭ ɨ̆ ŭ/ and /ĩ̆ ɨ̃̆ ũ̆/.

Consonants

 * /ʝ/ can also be heard as an affricate.
 * /b d ʝ ɡ/ may also be prenasalized as [ᵐb, ⁿd, ᶮʝ, ᵑɡ].
 * /n/ is heard as before velar consonants.