Abipón language

The Abipón language was a native American language of the Guaicuruan group of the Guaycurú-Charruan[1] family that was at one time spoken in Argentina by the Abipón people. Its last speaker is thought to have died in the 19th century.[3]

Abipón
Native toArgentina
EthnicityAbipón people
Extinct19th century[1]
Guaicuruan
  • Southern
    • Abipón
Language codes
ISO 639-3axb
Glottologabip1241[2]
Map with approximate distributions of languages in Patagonia at the time of the Spanish conquest. Source: W. Adelaar (2004): The Andean Languages, Cambridge University Press.

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Postalveolar/Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive/Affricate p t tʃ k q
Fricative ɣ ʁ h
Liquid w r, l j w

Vowels
Front Back/Central
Closed i ɨ
Mid e o
Open a

Bibliography

Cited in the Catholic Encyclopedia[4]

  • Hervas (1785), Origine, Formazione, Mecanismo, ed Armonia degli Idiomi (Cesena)
  • Hervas (1787), Vocabulario poliglotto
  • Hervas (1787), Saggio practico delle Lingue ...
  • Adrian Balbi (1826), Atlas ethnographique du globe (Paris)
  • Alcide d'Orbrigny (1839), L'Homme americain (Paris)
  • Brinton, The American Race.
  • UPSID

References
  1. Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abingdon". Encyclopædia Britannica. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 33. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Abipon". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. John Mackenzie (ed.), Peoples, Nations and Cultures.
  4. Adolph Francis Bandelier (1907), Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Abipones Accessed on 2009-08-08.



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