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Abipón
Native toArgentina
EthnicityAbipón people
Extinct19th century
Language familyGuaicuruan
  • Southern
    • Abipón
Language codes
ISO 639-3axb
Glottologabip1241
Map with approximate distributions of languages in Patagonia at the time of the Spanish conquest. Source: W. Adelaar (2004): The Andean Languages, Cambridge University Press.
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Abipón was a native American language of the Guaicuruan group of the Guaycurú-Charruan family that was at one time spoken in Argentina by the Abipón people. Its last speaker is thought to have died in the 19th century. The language is also known as Abipone, Callaga and Apibon.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m ɲ
Plosive/Affricate p k q
Fricative ɣ ʁ h
Liquid w r, l j w

Vowels

Front Back/Central
Closed i ɨ
Mid
Open a

Bibliography

Cited in the Catholic Encyclopedia

  • Hervas (1785), Origine, Formazione, Mecanismo, ed Armonia degli Idiomi (Cesena)
  • Hervas (1787), Vocabulario poliglotto
  • Hervas (1787), Saggio practico delle Lingue ...
  • Adrian Balbi (1826), Atlas ethnographique du globe (Paris)
  • Alcide d'Orbigny (1839), L'Homme americain (Paris)
  • Daniel Brinton, The American Race.
  • UPSID

References

  1. ^ Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abingdon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 33. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
  2. John Mackenzie (ed.), Peoples, Nations and Cultures.
  3. "Abipon". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  4. Adolph Francis Bandelier (1907), Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Abipones Accessed on 2009-08-08.

External links

Languages of Argentina
Official languages
Regional languages
Indigenous
languages
Chonan
Mataco–
Guaicuru
Charruan
Guaicuruan
Matacoan
Quechuan
Tupi–Guarani
Others
Minority languages
Regional dialects
Sign languages
Italics indicate extinct languages
Mataco–Guaicuru languages
Matacoan
Guaicuruan
Mascoian
Charruan *
Italics indicate extinct languages / * indicates that the inclusion of the language family within Mataco-Guaicuru family is disputed



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