Puri language

Puri
Kwaytikindo
Pronunciation[kwajtikiⁿdo]
Native toBrazil
EthnicityPuri people
Extinctlate 19th century[1]
Revival2010s
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3prr
Glottologpuri1262  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

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A hypothetical inventory of Puri, based on phonological data from various scholars, was created by Neto in 2007.[4][5]

Consonants

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Consonants of Puri
Bilabial Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive b ᵐp p t k
Nasal m n ɲ
Sibilant affricate t̠ʃ
Sibilant fricative ʃ
Approximant j
Tap/flap ɾ

Vowels

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Vowels of Puri
Front Central Back
Close i (ɨ) u
Close-mid e o
Open ä

It is uncertain if [ɨ] existed in Puri.

Orthography

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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
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

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Numerals

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Numeral Puri
1 omi
2 kuriri
3 patapakon
4 papante
5 xapretxi
6 xapretxi-omi
7 popawan
8 popawan-omi
9 popawan-kuriri
10 xapereday

References

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  1. ^ Puri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Gamito, José Aristides Silva (2021-01-01). Cartilha da Língua Puri - um exercício de revitalização.
  4. ^ "Puri". South American Phonological Inventory Database (SAPhon v2.1.0). UC Berkeley. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  5. ^ Neto, Ambrósio Pereira da Silva (2007). "Revisão da Classificaçao Da Família Lingüística Puri" (PDF): 23. Retrieved 23 November 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)