Waurá language

Waurá is an Arawakan language spoken in the Xingu Indigenous Park of Brazil by the Waujá people. It is "partially intelligible" with Mehináku. The entire population speaks the language.

Phonology

A glottal stop occurs phonetically before vowels in word-initial position, or after vowels in word-final position.
/p/ can be heard as aspirated or voiced in free variation.
Stop sounds /t, k/ can be heard as aspirated in free variation.
/w/ can also be heard as in free variation, except when before /u/.
/s/ can be heard as voiced when between vowels, or after initial vowels.
/ʐ/ can be heard as voiceless when between vowels, or after initial vowels.
/j/ can be heard as a palatal nasal when occurring before nasal vowels /ã, ẽ, ũ/.
Vowels
Sounds /i, u, ɨ, a/ can also be heard in lax form as .
Sounds /e, eː, ẽ/ can be heard as close-mid or open-mid in free variation.