Arikapú language
| Arikapú | |
|---|---|
| Maxubí | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rondônia, at the headwaters of the Rio Branco |
| Ethnicity | 32 (2009)[1] |
Native speakers | 2 (2009)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ark |
| Glottolog | arik1265 |
| ELP | Arikapú |
 Arikapú is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Arikapú or Maxubí is an endangered Yabutian language.
Loukotka (1968) lists Arikapú and Maxubí as separate languages. Arikapú is spoken on the Branco River south of the Tuparí tribe. Maxubí is spoken on the Mequéns River.[2]
Speakers
[edit]In 1998, Arikapú was spoken by only six individuals in Rondônia, Brazil, at the headwaters of the Rio Branco. By 2015, Djeoromitxi (2015)[3] reported there were only two remaining speakers, namely the two sisters Nazaré Wadjidjika Arikapu and Nambuika Arikapu.[4]: 27 It is being supplanted by Portuguese.
Phonology
[edit]| a | ä | b | d | dj | e | h | i | ï | k | ' | m | n | o | p | r | t | tx | u | ü | y | w |
Nasalisation is indicated by a tilde on the vowel : ⟨ã ä̃ ẽ ĩ õ ũ⟩.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | ɨ | u ũ |
| Near-close | ɪ | ||
| Close-mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
| Mid | ə ə̃ | ||
| Open | a ãʌ̃ |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ ⟨ʼ⟩ | ||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ ⟨tx⟩ | |||||
| Fricative | h | |||||
| Approximant | j ⟨y⟩ | w | ||||
| Flap | ɾ ⟨r⟩ |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Arikapú at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ Djeoromitxi, A. K. O fortalecimento da língua e cultura Djeromitxi a partir da for-mação dos professores. 2015. 79 f. Monografia (Licenciatura em Educação Básica Intercultu-ral) – Departamento de Educação Intercultural, Universidade Federal de Rondônia (câmpus de Ji-Paraná). 2015.
- ^ Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.
External links
[edit]- Arikapú basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
- Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Arikapú". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.