Kipea language

Kipeá
Kariri
Native to Brazil
Region between Bahia and Maranhão
Ethnicity Kiriri people
Extinct mid 20th century
Language codes
ISO 639-3 included in kzw
Glottolog kipe1235[1]

Kipeá (Quipea), or Kariri, is an extinct Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single Kariri language. A short grammatical treatment is available.

Grammar

The morphology of the Kipeá language is predominantly isolating and analytic, unusual for a language native to the Americas.[2]

Phonology

Phonology of the Kipeá language:[3]

Consonant sounds
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d ɡ
Nasal m n ɲ
Affricate voiceless t͡s t͡ʃ
voiced d͡z d͡ʒ
Fricative s h
Approximant j

A voiced plosive [ɡ] can have an allophone of [ŋ].

Vowel/Nasal sounds
Front Central Back
High i ɨu
Mid e ẽ o õ
Low a ã ɑ̃

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kipea". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ "Feature 20A: Fusion of Selected Inflectional Formatives". WALS. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ Azevedo, 1965.
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