Palikúr language

Consonants • Plosives in word-final position are heard unreleased as [p̚, t̚, k̚, b̚, d̚, ɡ̚]. • /p/ can be heard as or when before close vowels /i, u/, or within intervocalic positions. • /t, d, n/ when before front vowels /i, ĩ/ are heard as palatal and post-alveolar sounds [tʃ, dʒ, ɲ]. Vowels • /e, o/ are heard as [ɛ, ɔ] within different positions. • /a/ is heard as a nasalized central vowel sound [ɐ̃] when preceding a nasal consonant. ==Pronouns==

Palikúr has dependent and independent personal pronouns. The verb marks the object by using suffixes, but not the subject, which must appear in the form of a nominal group or as an independent pronoun. This affixation of only the object and not of the subject is linguistically very rare: the norm is the affixation for both or for only the subject. The noun complement is marked by a possessive prefix. ==Loanwords==

Palikúr has several loanwords, many of which are wildlife-related, from the Carib language, including: ==References==