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 and catechism of the Kipeá language during the late 1600s.
Grammar
The
morphology
Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to:
Disciplines
*Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts
*Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies, ...
of the Kipeá language is predominantly
isolating and
analytic, unusual for a language native to the Americas.
Phonology
Phonology of the Kipeá language:
[de Azevedo, Gilda Maria Corrêa. 1965. ''LÃngua kirirÃ: descrição do dialeto Kipeá''. (MA thesis, Universidade de BrasÃlia; 116pp.)]
A voiced plosive
¡can have an allophone of
‹
See also
*
Dzubukuá language
Dzubukuá (Dzubucua), or Kiriri, is an extinct Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single Kariri language. A short grammatical description is available.
It was spoken on the São Francisco River islands, in t ...
Further reading
*Ribeiro, E. R. (2010). Tapuya connections: language contact in eastern Brazil. ''LIAMES: LÃnguas IndÃgenas Americanas'', 9(1), 61-76.
References
Analytic languages
Isolating languages
Kariri languages
Extinct languages of South America
Languages extinct in the 20th century
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