Abipón language
| Abipón | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Argentina |
| Ethnicity | Abipón people |
| Extinct | 19th century[1] |
Guaicuruan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | axb |
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| Glottolog | abip1241 |
 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. | |
TheAbipón languagewas a native American language of theGuaicuruangroup of theGuaycurú-Charruan[1]family that was at one time spoken inArgentinaby theAbipón people.Its last speaker is thought to have died in the 19th century.[2]
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ɲ | |||
| Plosive/Affricate | p | t̪ | tʃ | k | q | |
| Fricative | ɣ | ʁ | h | |||
| Liquid | w | r,l | j | w |
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Back/Central | |
|---|---|---|
| Closed | i | ɨ |
| Mid | e̞ | o̞ |
| Open | a | |
Bibliography
[edit]Cited in the Catholic Encyclopedia[3]
- 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
[edit]- ^abHoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010)."Abingdon".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp.33.ISBN978-1-59339-837-8.
- ^ John Mackenzie (ed.),Peoples, Nations and Cultures.
- ^Adolph Francis Bandelier (1907),Catholic Encyclopedia article on the AbiponesAccessed on 2009-08-08.
External links
[edit]- Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012)."Phonological inventory of Abipon".The South American Phonological Inventory Database(version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
- Abipón basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
- World Atlas of Language Structuresinformation onAbipón
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