Apurinã language
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| Apurinã | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Amazonia |
|
Native speakers
|
2,800 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | apu |
| Glottolog | apur1254[2] |
Apurinã (Ipurina) is a Southern Maipurean language spoken in Amazonia by the Apurinã people. It has an active–stative syntax.[3]
Phonology
Vowels
Apurinã vowels are obligatorily nasalized by surrounding nasal vowels[clarification needed], even across word boundaries.[4]
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar or palatal |
Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Plosive | p | t | k | ||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | |||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | ||
| Flap | ɾ | ||||
| Approximant | j | ɰ |
References
- ↑ Apurinã at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.
- ↑ The World Atlas of Language Structures Online – Chapter 10 – Vowel Nasalization
External links
- Da Silva Facundes, Sidney. The Language of the Apurinã People of Brazil (Maipure/Arawak). Ph.D. dissertation, SUNY Buffalo.
- Aberdour, Cathie – Referential Devices in Apurinã Discourse
