Arikapú language

Arikapú
Maxubí
Native toBrazil
RegionRondônia, at the headwaters of the Rio Branco
Ethnicity32 (2009)[1]
Native speakers
2 (2009)[1]
Macro-Gê ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3ark
Glottologarik1265
ELPArikapú
Arikapú is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Arikapú or Maxubí is an endangered Yabutian language.

Loukotka (1968) lists Arikapú and Maxubí as separate languages. Arikapú is spoken on the Branco River south of the Tuparí tribe. Maxubí is spoken on the Mequéns River.[2]

Speakers

In 1998, Arikapú was spoken by only six individuals in Rondônia, Brazil, at the headwaters of the Rio Branco. By 2015, Djeoromitxi (2015)[3] reported there were only two remaining speakers, namely the two sisters Nazaré Wadjidjika Arikapu and Nambuika Arikapu.[4]: 27  It is being supplanted by Portuguese.

Phonology

Arikapú alphabet
a ä b d dj e h i ï k ' m n o p r t tx u ü y w

Nasalisation is indicated by a tilde on the vowel : ⟨ã ä̃ ẽ ĩ õ ũ⟩.

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ĩ ɨ u ũ
Near-close ɪ
Close-mid e ẽ o õ
Mid ə ə̃
Open a ãʌ̃
Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive p t k ʔ ⟨ʼ⟩
Affricate t͡ʃ ⟨tx⟩
Fricative h
Approximant j ⟨y⟩ w
Flap ɾ ⟨r⟩

References

  1. ^ a b Arikapú at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  3. ^ Djeoromitxi, A. K. O fortalecimento da língua e cultura Djeromitxi a partir da for-mação dos professores. 2015. 79 f. Monografia (Licenciatura em Educação Básica Intercultu-ral) – Departamento de Educação Intercultural, Universidade Federal de Rondônia (câmpus de Ji-Paraná). 2015.
  4. ^ Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.

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