Abipón language

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Abipón
Spoken in Argentina
Ethnicity Abipón people
Extinct 1770s
Language family
Guaicuruan
  • Southern
    • Abipón
Language codes
ISO 639-3 axb
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The Abipón language was a native American language of the Mataco–Guaycuru 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.[1]

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[edit] Phonology

[edit] 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

[edit] Vowels

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

[edit] Bibliography

Cited in the Catholic Encyclopedia[2]

  • 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ John Mackenzie (ed.), Peoples, Nations and Cultures.
  2. ^ Adolph Francis Bandelier (1907), Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Abipones Accessed on 2009-08-08.

[edit] External links


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