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Abipón language

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Abipón
Native toArgentina
EthnicityAbipón people
Extinct19th century[1]
Guaicuruan
  • Southern
    • Abipón
Language codes
ISO 639-3axb
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Glottologabip1241
Map with approximate distributions of languages in Patagonia at the time of the Spanish conquest. Source: W. Adelaar (2004): The Andean Languages, Cambridge University Press.
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The Abipón language was a native American language of the Guaicuruan group of the Guaycurú-Charruan[1] 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.[2]

Phonology

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Consonants

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Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m ɲ
Plosive/Affricate p k q
Fricative ɣ ʁ h
Liquid w r, l j w

Vowels

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Front Back/Central
Closed i ɨ
Mid
Open a

Bibliography

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Cited in the Catholic Encyclopedia[3]

  • 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'Orbigny (1839), L'Homme americain (Paris)
  • Daniel Brinton, The American Race.
  • UPSID

References

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  1. ^ a b Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abingdon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 33. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
  2. ^ John Mackenzie (ed.), Peoples, Nations and Cultures.
  3. ^ Adolph Francis Bandelier (1907), Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Abipones Accessed on 2009-08-08.
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