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|nativename = Qymare Oya
|nativename = Qymare Oya
|pronounciation = [qy'mɑ.χɑ]
|pronounciation = [qy'mɑ.χɑ]
|region = Brazil (Acre state)
|region = Brazil
|states =  
|states =  
|setting =  
|setting =  
|speakers =  
|speakers = 7 million (natives)
|fam1 = Aymor
|fam1 = Aymor
|fam2 = Qymarian
|fam2 = Qymarian

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Qymara
Qymare Oya
Created byRafael Santos
Native speakers7 million (natives) ({{{date}}})
Aymor
  • Qymarian
    • Qymara

Qymara (English: [ kʷɪ'ma.rə ], Qymara: [ qy'mɑ.χɑ ]) it's an aymor language spoken in Brazilian northwest. It's the most conservative and widely spoken qymarian language. Its first texts were found in a cave near Rio Branco and was written in a logographic writing system that also uses phonetical information on the symbols, it's thought that writing system was inspired by the central-American writing systems, but no one knows how the two people group had contact.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
Close y ỹ
Mid e ẽ o õ
Open ɑ ɑ̃