Kustenau language

Kustenaú
Kustenaú
Kustenau
Native to	Brazil
Region	Mato Grosso
Ethnicity	Custenau people [ hr ]
Extinct	late 20th century
Language family	Arawakan Southern ? Paresí–Xingu Waurá Kustenaú; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	qbp
Glottolog	kust1238

Last updated January 24, 2026

Kustenau (Kustenaú) is an extinct Arawakan language of Brazil.

Phonology

Vowels

Kustenau has the vowels /i, e, ɨ, u, a/.

Consonants

The consonants are /p, t, k, m, n, s, ʐ, h, ʦ, ʧ, ɾ, l, w, j/.^[1]

Vocabulary

Unless specified, stress always falls on the penultimate syllable.^[2]

Kustenau vocabulary
Gloss	Kustenau
tongue	nunéi
tooth	nutévoe
mouth	nukanati

References

↑ Mori, Angel H. Corbera; Ferreira, Jackeline do Carmo (2022), "Capítulo 2. Interpretação fonético-fonológica do Kustenau (Arawak) na perspectiva do método reconstrutivo sincrônico", Diversidade linguística na América : línguas ameríndias, Dioney Moreira Gomes, María Alejandra Regúnaga, Arthur Britta Scandelari, Editora Universidade de Brasília (EDU), doi: 10.26512/9786558461326.c2 , ISBN 978-65-5846-132-6 , retrieved 2025-03-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
↑ von den Steinen, Karl (1894). Unter den Naturvölkern Zentral-Brasiliens (PDF). Hoefer & Vohlsen. pp. 529–530.

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[1] Mori, Angel H. Corbera; Ferreira, Jackeline do Carmo (2022), "Capítulo 2. Interpretação fonético-fonológica do Kustenau (Arawak) na perspectiva do método reconstrutivo sincrônico", Diversidade linguística na América : línguas ameríndias, Dioney Moreira Gomes, María Alejandra Regúnaga, Arthur Britta Scandelari, Editora Universidade de Brasília (EDU), doi: 10.26512/9786558461326.c2 , ISBN 978-65-5846-132-6 , retrieved 2025-03-02{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)

[2] von den Steinen, Karl (1894). Unter den Naturvölkern Zentral-Brasiliens (PDF). Hoefer & Vohlsen. pp. 529–530.

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