Aikanã language
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Aikanã language
| Aikanã | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubarão, Huari | ||||
| Spoken in | Brazil | |||
| Region | Rondônia | |||
| Native speakers | 200[1] (date missing) | |||
| Language family | ||||
| Language codes | ||||
| ISO 639-3 | tba | |||
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Aikanã (sometimes called Tubarão,[2] Corumbiara-Kolumbiara, or Huari-Uari-Wari) is an endangered language isolate[1] spoken by about 200 Aikanã people in Rondônia,[3] Brazil. It is morphologically complex and has SOV word order.[4] Aikanã uses the Latin script. The people live with speakers of Koaia (Kwaza).
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Phonology[5]
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i y | u | |
| Mid | ɛ ø | a~ə | |
| Open |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | ĩ | ũ | |
| Mid | ɛ̃ | ||
| Open | ã |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ñ /ɲ/ | ||
| Stop | p /p/ b /b/ |
t /t/ d /d/ |
k /k/ | ’ /ʔ/ | |
| Fricative | s /s/ th /ð/ |
j/h /h/ | |||
| Affricates | ts /t͡s~t͡ʃ/ | ||||
| Trills | r /r/ | ||||
| Approximant | w /w/ | l /l/ | y /j~ʒ/ |
References
- ^ a b "Theoretical and social implications of language documentation and description on the eve of destruction in Rondônia". 2007. http://www.hrelp.org/events/conference2007/abstracts/27.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- ^ A Grammar of Kwaza. Walter de Gruyter. 2004. p. 9. ISBN 3-11-017869-9.
- ^ "Ethnologue report for language code:tba". Ethnologue. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tba. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- ^ "Aikana Language and the Aikanã Indian Tribe". Native Languages of the Americas website. 2008. http://www.native-languages.org/aikana.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- ^ "Aikana Pronunciation Guide". Native Languages of the Americas website. 2008. http://www.native-languages.org/aikana_guide.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: AIKANA[1]
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