It is spoken in French Guiana and Brazil.
In closed syllables, /e, o/ are heard as [ɛ, ɔ].
[5] The spelling uses the letter ɨ for the close central unrounded vowel between i and u.
[6] E is always pronounced é, vowels with a tilde are always nasal (ã, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ), ö is like the German O umlaut, and b is pronounced mb.
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