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Kipeá language

Kipeá language

Karirian language of Brazil

Kipeá (Quipea), or Kariri, was a Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single Kariri language. A short grammatical treatment is available.

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Documentation

Kipeá is well documented by Luiz Mamiani, a Jesuit priest who wrote a grammar[1] and catechism[2] of the Kipeá language during the late 1600s.[3]

Grammar

The morphology of the Kipeá language is predominantly isolating and analytic, unusual for a language native to the Americas.[4]

Phonology

Phonology of the Kipeá language:[5]

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

A voiced plosive [ɡ] can have an allophone of [ŋ].

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See also

Further reading

  • Ribeiro, E. R. (2010). Tapuya connections: language contact in eastern Brazil. LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas, 9(1), 61-76. doi:10.20396/liames.v9i1.1463

References

  1. [1]
    Mamiani, Luis Vincencio. 1699. Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam Kiriri. Lisboa: Miguel Deslandes.
  2. [2]
    Mamiani, Luis Vincencio. 1698. Catecismo da doutrina christãa na lingua brasilica da naçam Kiriri. Lisboa: Miguel Deslandes.
  3. [3]
    Ribeiro, Eduardo Rivail. On the inclusion of the Karirí family in the Macro-Jê stock: additional evidence. Paper presented at SSILA 2011 (Pittsburgh), January 7, 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Feature 20A: Fusion of Selected Inflectional Formatives". WALS. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  5. [5]
    de Azevedo, Gilda Maria Corrêa. 1965. Língua kirirí: descrição do dialeto Kipeá. (MA thesis, Universidade de Brasília; 116pp.)

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