Arikapú or Maxubí is an endangered Yabutian language.
| Arikapú | |
|---|---|
| Maxubí | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rondônia, at the headwaters of the Rio Branco |
| Ethnicity | 32 (2009)[1] |
Native speakers | 2 (2009)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ark |
| Glottolog | arik1265 |
| ELP | Arikapú |
 Arikapú is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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
editIn 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
edit| 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⟩.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | ɨ | u ũ |
| Near-close | ɪ | ||
| Close-mid | e ẽ | o õ | |
| Mid | ə ə̃ | ||
| Open | a ãʌ̃ |
| 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
edit- ^ a b Arikapú at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.
External links
edit- Arikapú basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
- Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Arikapú". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.