Abipón language
| Abipón | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Argentina |
| Ethnicity | Abipón people |
| Extinct | 19th century[1] |
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Guaicuruan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
axb |
| Glottolog |
abip1241[2] |
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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. | |
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]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abingdon". Encyclopedia Britannica. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Abipon". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ John Mackenzie (ed.), Peoples, Nations and Cultures.
- ↑ Adolph Francis Bandelier (1907), Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Abipones Accessed on 2009-08-08.
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