Bakairi language
Bakairí (Bacairí) is a Cariban language, spoken in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil.
| Bakairí | |
|---|---|
| Bacairí | |
| Kurâ | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Mato Grosso |
Native speakers | 950 (1999)[1] |
Cariban
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bkq |
| Glottolog | baka1277[2] |
Phonology
The consonant and vowel inventories for Eastern Bakairí are shown below.[3]
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | k ɡ | ||
| Fricative | s z | ʃ (ʒ) | h | ||
| Nasal | m | n | (ɲ) | ||
| Approximant | w | ɾ
l |
j | ||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Low | a | ||
Syntax
Baikarí word order is either subject-object-verb or object-verb-subject.[4]
gollark: You have some sort of contact form?
gollark: Did you know? Orbital ethics lasers are operational.
gollark: ++tel init_webhook
gollark: ++tel link apionet `#m`
gollark: Oh, you used antimemetic mode.
References
- Bakairí at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bakairi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Meira Sérgio (2005). Reconstructing Pre-Bakairi segmental phonology. OCLC 1073250371.
- "Bakairí". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
- Meira, Sergio (Fall 2005). "Reconstructing Pre-Bakairi Segmental Phonology". Anthropological Linguistics. 47 (3): 3. JSTOR 25132338.
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