Tarairiú language

Tarairiú
Ochucuyana
Native to Brazil
Region Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte
Extinct (date missing)
unclassified
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog tara1303  Tarairiu[1]
jeni1237  Jenipapo-Kaninde[2]

Tarairiú AKA Caratiú is an extinct and very poorly known language of eastern Brazil. The Tarairiu nation was divided into several tribes: the Jandoino, Kanindé, Paiaku (Pajacú, Bajacú), Jenipapo, Jenipabuçu, Javó, Kamaçu, Tukuriju, Arariu, and "Xukuru" / Xacó.

The language is attested only through a few word lists. A few words resemble those of neighboring Kariri (and other Macro-Je) and Xukuru languages, but not enough to support a genealogical connection. Kaufman (1994) reports that "not even Greenberg dares classify this language".

Some of the recorded words:

GlossTarairiú[3]
'water'teu
'fire'kiro-kia, intoá
'stone'kebra
'head'kreká
'hair'unj
'ear'bandulak
'eye'pigó
'nose'korõza
'mouth'moz
'tooth'cidolé
'hand'koreké
'foot'poyá
'man'xenupre
'woman'moela, moéça
'son'ako
'house'sok
'eat'kringó
'sleep'gonyã

Resemblances with Macro-Je languages are in kebra 'stone' (Proto-Je *kɛn), kreká 'head' (*krã), koreké 'hand' (*-ĩkra), and poyá 'foot' (*par). Resemblances with Xukuru are kiro- 'fire' (Xukuru kiyo), kringó 'eat' (kringgo 'feed'), sok 'house' (šekh).

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tarairiu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Jenipapo-Kaninde". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ J. de Souza Santos, 2009, p. 735-739



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