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(Redirected from Tingui-Boto language) Extinct Karirian language of Brazil
Dzubukuá
Kiriri
Native toBrazil
RegionCabrobó, Pernambuco
EthnicityKiriri people
Extinctmid-20th century
Language familyMacro-Gê
Language codes
ISO 639-3(included in Karirí-Xocó )
Individual code:
tgv – Tingui-Botó
Glottologdzub1241

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 the Cabrobó area of Pernambuco.

Phonology

Phonology of the Dzubukuá language:

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k
voiced b d ɡ
Affricate voiceless t͡s
voiced d͡z
Nasal m n ɲ
Fricative h
Liquid lateral l
rhotic ɾ
Semivowel w j

Vowels

Vowel sounds are presented as and which is written out as a double vowel oe. Nasal vowels are pronounced as along with nasalized double vowels and , not pronounced as diphthongs, but as nasalized monophthongs .

See also

References

  1. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  2. ^ de Queiroz, José Márcio Correia. 2008. Aspectos da fonologia Dzubukuá. MA thesis, Recife: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. 124pp.

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Macro-Jê languages
Cerrado
Goyaz
Panará
Northern
Timbira
Central (Akuwẽ)
Jê of Paraná
Southern
Unclassified
Trans–São Francisco
Krenák
Maxakalían
Kamakã
Western
Mato Grosso
Jabutian
Karajá
Borôro ?
Karirí ?
Purian ?
Italics indicate extinct languages
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