Karipuna language (Rondônia)
| Karipuná | |
|---|---|
| Karipuná de Rondônia | |
| Karipuná do Guaporé | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rondônia |
Native speakers | 10 (2007)[1] |
Panoan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kuq |
| Glottolog | kari1312 |
Karipuná (Caripuna) is a language spoken by a dozen individuals in Rondônia, Brazil. It is evidently the Panoan language of Rondônia of that name reported in Loukotka (1968:174), Kaufman, and other sources.[2] However, Ethologue identifies it as a Tupian language very similar to Kagwahiva.[1] Campbell and Grondona note of Ethnologue that "there is confusion with this name, assigned to two separate language families, which needs to be resolved."[3] It may be that the people speak a Panoan language but have come to identify themselves as Kagwahiva, an identity shared by several neighboring Tupian peoples.
Alternative names for the language are Jaunavô (Jau-Navo), Shakáre/Jacaria/Yacaría, and Éloe. Ethnologue describes Jacaria as a dialect, adds the names Ah’e and Kagwahiva, and adds Pama (Pamana) as a second dialect; this Pama perhaps refers to the neighboring extinct Pama (Pamainá) listed in Loukotka.
References
- ^ a b Karipuná at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír. 1968. Classification of South American Indian Languages Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, UCLA.
- ^ Campbell, Lyle, and Verónica Grondona (eds). 2012. The indigenous languages of South America: a comprehensive guide. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
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