Dzubukua language
Dzubukuá | |
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Kiriri | |
Native to | Brazil |
Region | Cabrobó, Pernambuco |
Ethnicity | Kiriri people |
Extinct | mid-20th century |
Macro-Gê
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | included in kzw Individual code: tgv – Tingui-Botó[1] |
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.[2]
Phonology[]
Phonology of the Dzubukua language:[2]
Consonants[]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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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].[2]
Vocabulary[]
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Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Dzubukuá word list |
For an extensive vocabulary list of Dzubukuá by de Queiroz (2008),[2] see the corresponding Portuguese article.
References[]
Categories:
- Kariri languages
- Extinct languages of South America
- Languages extinct in the 20th century