Xipaya language
Endangered Tupian language of Brazil
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| Xipaya | |
|---|---|
| Region | Brazil |
Native speakers | 1 (2011)[1] |
Language family | Tupian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xiy |
| Glottolog | xipa1240 |
| ELP | Xipaya |
Xipaya (or Shipaja or Xipaia) is an endangered language spoken in the Pará region of Brazil.
It is one of the approximately 70 Tupian languages of South America. At last count, Xipaya was only spoken by two elderly women in Altamira, Pará.
Phonology
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b p | d t | k | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Sibilant fricative | z s | ʃ | |||||
| Non-sibilant fricative | h | ||||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||||
| Lateral approximant | l |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | ɨ ɨ̃ | u ũ |
| Close-mid | e | ||
| Open | a ã |
References
- ^ Xipaya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b "PHOIBLE 2.0 - Inventory Xipaya (SAPHON 2114)". phoible.org. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
External links
Xipaya language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
- ELAR archive of Documentation of Urgently Endangered Tupian Languages (including Xipaya)
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