Dzubukuá language

Dzubukuá
Kiriri
Native to	Brazil
Region	Cabrobó, Pernambuco
Ethnicity	Kiriri people
Extinct	mid-20th century
Language family	Macro-Gê Karirian Dzubukuá
Language codes
ISO 639-3	(included in Karirí-Xocó [kzw]) Individual code: tgv – Tingui-Botó
Glottolog	dzub1241

Dzubukuá (Dzubucua), or Kiriri, is an extinct Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single Kariri language. A short grammatical description is available.

It was spoken on the São Francisco River islands, in the Cabrobó area of Pernambuco.

Phonology

Phonology of the Dzubukuá language:

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Affricate	voiceless		t͡s
	voiced		d͡z
Nasal		m	n	ɲ
Fricative						h
Liquid	lateral		l
	rhotic		ɾ
Semivowel		w		j

Vowels

Vowel sounds are presented as [i, ɨ, u, e, o, a] and [œ] which is written out as a double vowel oe. Nasal vowels are pronounced as [ɐ̃, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ] along with nasalized double vowels oê and aê, not pronounced as diphthongs, but as nasalized monophthongs [œ̃, æ̃].

See also

• Kipeá language