Kipeá (Quipea), or Kariri, was a Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single Kariri language. A short grammatical treatment is available.
Documentation
Kipeá is well documented by Luiz Mamiani, a Jesuit priest who wrote a grammar[1] and catechism[2] of the Kipeá language during the late 1600s.[3]
Grammar
The morphology of the Kipeá language is predominantly isolating and analytic, unusual for a language native to the Americas.[4]
Phonology
Phonology of the Kipeá language:[5]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | t͡ʃ | |||
| voiced | d͡z | d͡ʒ | ||||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||
| Approximant | j | |||||
A voiced plosive [ɡ] can have an allophone of [ŋ].
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
| Low | a ã | ɑ̃ |
See also
Further reading
- Ribeiro, E. R. (2010). Tapuya connections: language contact in eastern Brazil. LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas, 9(1), 61-76. doi:10.20396/liames.v9i1.1463
References
- ^ Mamiani, Luis Vincencio. 1699. Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam Kiriri. Lisboa: Miguel Deslandes.
- ^ Mamiani, Luis Vincencio. 1698. Catecismo da doutrina christãa na lingua brasilica da naçam Kiriri. Lisboa: Miguel Deslandes.
- ^ Ribeiro, Eduardo Rivail. On the inclusion of the Karirí family in the Macro-Jê stock: additional evidence. Paper presented at SSILA 2011 (Pittsburgh), January 7, 2011.
- ^ "Feature 20A: Fusion of Selected Inflectional Formatives". WALS. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- ^ de Azevedo, Gilda Maria Corrêa. 1965. Língua kirirí: descrição do dialeto Kipeá. (MA thesis, Universidade de Brasília; 116pp.)