Pekodian languages
Pekodian | |
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Geographic distribution | Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil |
Linguistic classification | Cariban
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Glottolog | peko1235 |
The Pekodian languages are a subgroup of the Cariban language family. The languages are spoken in Mato Grosso and Pará states of Brazil and make up the southernmost branch of Cariban.[1]
Meira and Chousou-Polydouri (2015) consider Pekodian to have descended from Cariban migrations that came from the north, as Cariban linguistic diversity is concentrated in northern South America.[2]
Languages[]
The Pekodian languages are:[3][4][5]
- Bakairi
- Ikpeng
- Pará Arára
- Yarumá (Suyá)
- Amonap (Kuikuro–Kalapalo, Matipuhy)
Internal classification[]
Carvalho classifies the Pekodian languages as follows.[1]
- Pekodian branch
The term Kampot is coined by Carvalho (2020) from the lexical innovation *kampot ‘fire’ defining the dialect cluster.
Loanwords[]
Pekodian languages have various loanwords from non-Cariban languages, including Juruna and Arawakan languages.[1]
Pekodian may have also influenced Bororoan and other non-Cariban language families.
References[]
- ^ a b c Carvalho, Fernando O. de (2020). Tocantins Apiaká, Parirí and Yarumá as Members of the Pekodian Branch (Cariban). Revista Brasileira de Línguas Indígenas - RBLI. Macapá, v. 3, n. 1, p. 85-93, 2020.
- ^ Meira S, Birchall J, Chousou-Polydouri S. 2015. A character-based internal classification of the Cariban family. Talk presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguisticae Europaea, Leiden, Netherlands, Sept. 4.
- ^ Meira, Sérgio. 2006. A família lingüística Caribe (Karíb). Revista de Estudos e Pesquisas v.3, n.1/2, p.157-174. Brasília: FUNAI. (PDF)
- ^ Gildea, Spike. 2012. "Linguistic studies in the Cariban family", in Campbell & Grondona, eds, The Indigenous Languages of South America: A Comprehensive Guide. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.
- ^ Jolkesky, Marcelo Pinho De Valhery. 2016. Estudo arqueo-ecolinguístico das terras tropicais sul-americanas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Brasília.
- Cariban languages