Puri language
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Puri | |
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Kwaytikindo | |
Pronunciation | [kwajtikiⁿdo] |
Native to | Brazil |
Ethnicity | Puri people |
Extinct | late 19th century[1] |
Revival | 2010s |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | prr |
Glottolog | puri1262 Puri |
Puri (Puri: Kwaytikindo 'language') is an extinct language of eastern Brazil, formerly spoken by the Puri people. In the 2010s, a Puri language revitalization project was launched in the indigenous village of Maraká’nà (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro State.[2] In 2021, a primer was published.[3]
Phonology
[edit]A hypothetical inventory of Puri, based on phonological data from various scholars, was created by Neto in 2007.[4][5]
Consonants
[edit]Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Plosive | b ᵐp p | t | k | ||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
Sibilant affricate | t̠ʃ | ||||
Sibilant fricative | ʃ | ||||
Approximant | j | ||||
Tap/flap | ɾ |
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | (ɨ) | u |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open | ä |
It is uncertain if [ɨ] existed in Puri.
Orthography
[edit]The Puri orthogaphy is as follows:[3]
Letter | A a | B b | D d | DJ dj | E e | F f | H h | I i | Ï ï | J j | K k | L l | M m |
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Phoneme | [a] | [b] | [d] | [d͡ʒ] | [ɛ], [e] | [f] | [h] | [i] | [ɨ] | [ʒ] | [k(ʰ)] | [l] | [m] |
Letter | MB mb | N n | ND nd | NG ng | O o | P p | R r | S s | T t | TH th | TS ts | TX tx | U u |
Phoneme | [ᵐb] | [n] | [ⁿd] | [ŋ] | [o:] | [p] | [ɾ] | [s] | [t] | [θ] | [ts] | [t͡ʃ] | [u] |
Letter | V v | W w | X x | Y y | |||||||||
Phoneme | [v] | [w] | [ʃ] | [j] |
Vocabulary
[edit]Numerals
[edit]Numeral | Puri |
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1 | omi |
2 | kuriri |
3 | patapakon |
4 | papante |
5 | xapretxi |
6 | xapretxi-omi |
7 | popawan |
8 | popawan-omi |
9 | popawan-kuriri |
10 | xapereday |
References
[edit]- ^ Puri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Puri, Txâma Xambé; Puri, Tutushamum; Puri, Xindêda (2021-01-20). "Kwaytikindo: retomada linguística Puri". Revista Brasileira de Línguas Indígenas. 3 (2): 77. doi:10.18468/rbli.2020v3n2.p77-101. ISSN 2595-685X.
- ^ a b c Gamito, José Aristides Silva (2021-01-01). Cartilha da Língua Puri - um exercício de revitalização.
- ^ "Puri". South American Phonological Inventory Database (SAPhon v2.1.0). UC Berkeley. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Neto, Ambrósio Pereira da Silva (2007). "Revisão da Classificaçao Da Família Lingüística Puri" (PDF): 23. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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