Kỳikatêjê dialect

Kỳikatêjê[2] or Kyikatêjê[3][1]: 10  is a dialect of Pará Gavião, a Jê language of Brazil.

It spoken by the Kỳikatêjê people in Terra Indígena Mãe Maria (Bom Jesus do Tocantins, Pará).

[2] Kỳikatêjê is closely related to the Parkatêjê dialect, spoken by another Timbira group in the same reservation.

The approximant /j/ surfaces as [ʒ] preceding one of /ɨ̃ ĩ/, as in /mpɔ-jĩ/ [mpɔˈʒĩ] ‘meat’, /pa mũ jɨ̃/ [pamũˈʒɨ̃] ‘I sat down’.

The voiced labial fricative and the glottal stop [ʔ] have been attested in one word each, [kuβeneˈɾɛ] ‘bird’ and [aʔə̃ˈɾɛ] ‘hen’.