Guariba Arára language

Guariba Arára (Arara do Rio Guariba, or Arara of Guariba River) is a poorly attested Tupian language of the Monde branch. It is spoken on the Guariba River in the northern part of Aripuanã Indigenous Park of Rondônia and Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Guariba Arára
Arara do Rio Guariba
Native toBrazil
Tupian
Language codes
ISO 639-3

According to Moore (2005), Arara do Rio Guariba is closely related to the Cinta Larga dialect cluster, and also shares some features with Suruí.[1] 26 words were collected by Hargreaves in 2001.[2] It remains unclassified due to the lack of data.

Vocabulary

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Below are the Arara do Rio Guariba words that Inês Hargreaves had elicited from D. Nazaré Medina Arara on June 12, 2001:[2]

Portuguese gloss
(original)
English gloss
(translated)
Arara do Rio Guariba
água water itxera / ĩtʃera
peixe (pacu) pacu mborip kabɛ
anta tapir waøa / wasa
mutum curassow wakuia / wakuya
arara macaw awala / awalap
cujubim red-throated piping guan tuap / twap
macaco-barrigudo woolly monkey mbasai kot
coatá spider monkey alimɛ’
jacamim trumpeter tamalia / tamaliap
caititu collared peccary mbɛbɛcot / mbebecot
queixada white-lipped peccary mbɛbɛ
criança homem boy oi
criança mulher girl kuña
onça jaguar mbeku
gato (maracajá) margay mbeku
banana banana mbukuba / mukuba
aranha spider saipɛ
olho eye ña kap / oña kap
foot pipɛ
guariba howler monkey ʔalimɛ
cutia agouti wakĩn
veado deer itiap / tiap
filho son kuiã
jacu guan tanoap
água water itʃera
cinta larga Cinta Larga people ’kurumĩn

References

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  1. ^ Moore, Denny. 2005. Classificação interna da família lingüística Mondé. Estudos Lingüísticos 34: 515-520. (PDF)
  2. ^ a b Hargreaves, Inês. 2007. Lista de palavras transcritas por Inês Hargreaves, de dois grupos ao norte do Parque Aripuanã, RO. Unpublished manuscript.