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Kamakã language

Kamakã language

Extinct Macro-Je language of Brazil

The Kamakã language (Kamakan), or Ezeshio, is an extinct language of a small family, belonging to the Macro-Jê languages of Brazil.[1] Kotoxó and Mongoyó/Mangaló are sometimes included as dialects.

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Phonology

More information Front, Central ...
  • /ə/ can also be realized as a back vowel sound [ʌ].
More information Labial, Alveolar ...
  • /ɾ/ can be in free variation with a fricative [ʒ] and a lateral [l].
  • /n/ is heard as [ŋ] when preceding /k/.[2]

Classification

Kamakã is a Macro-Jê language. It was spoken by several groups of indigenous peoples who lived in Bahia, including the Kamakã, Mongoyó, Menién, Kotoxó and Masakará.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.
  2. [2]
    Grahl, João A. P. (2009). Kamakã em Prolog: Possibilidades de análise de uma língua de tradição oral morta. Universidade Federal do Paraná.
  3. [3]
    Rivail Ribeiro et van der Voort 2010, p. 547.

Sources

  • Eduardo Rivail Ribeiro, Hein van der Voort, Nimuendajú Was Right : The Inclusion of the Jabuti Language Family in the Macro-Jê Stock, International Journal of American Linguistics, 76:4, pp. 517-570, 2010.


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