Aikanã language

Aikanã
Tubarão, Huari
Native to Brazil
Region Rondônia
Native speakers
 200 (2007)[1]
Dialects
Masaká
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tba
Glottolog aika1237[2]

Aikanã (sometimes called Tubarão,[3] Corumbiara/Kolumbiara, or Huari/Uari/Wari) is an endangered language isolate[1] spoken by about 200 Aikanã people in Rondônia,[4] Brazil. It is morphologically complex and has SOV word order.[5] Aikanã uses the Latin script. The people live with speakers of Koaia (Kwaza).

Phonology[6]

Vowels

Oral vowels
Front Central Back
Close i y u
Mid ɛ ø a~ə
Open
Nasal vowels
Front Central Back
Close ĩ i
Mid ɛ̃
Open ã

Consonants

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ñ /ɲ/
Stop p /p/
b /b/ 		t /t/
d /d/ 		k /k/ ’ /ʔ/
Fricative s /s/
th /ð/		 j/h /h/
Affricates ts /t͡s~t͡ʃ/
Trills r /ɲ/
Approximant w /w/ l /l/ y /j~ʒ/

References

  1. 1 2 Hein van der Voort (2007). "Theoretical and social implications of language documentation and description on the eve of destruction in Rondônia" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-05-10.
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Aikanã". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. ↑ Hein van der Voort (2004). A Grammar of Kwaza. Walter de Gruyter. p. 9. ISBN 3-11-017869-9.
  4. ↑ "Ethnologue report for language code:tba". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
  5. ↑ "Aikana Language and the Aikanã Indian Tribe". Native Languages of the Americas website. 2008. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
  6. ↑ "Aikana Pronunciation Guide". Native Languages of the Americas website. 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
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