Arikapu language

Arikapu
Arikapu
Maxubi
Native to	Brazil
Region	Rondonia , at the headwaters of the Rio Branco
Ethnicity	32 (2009)
Native speakers	2 (2009)
Language family	Macro-Ge ? Yabutian Arikapu ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ark
Glottolog	arik1265
ELP	Arikapu
	Arikapu is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Arikapu or Maxubi is an endangered Yabutian language.

Loukotka (1968) lists Arikapu and Maxubi as separate languages. Arikapu is spoken on the Branco River south of the Tupari tribe. Maxubi is spoken on the Mequens River . ^[2]

Speakers [ edit ]

In 1998, Arikapu was spoken by only six individuals in Rondonia , Brazil , at the headwaters of the Rio Branco. By 2015, Djeoromitxi (2015) ^[3] reported there were only two remaining speakers, namely the two sisters Nazare Wadjidjika Arikapu and Nambuika Arikapu. ^[4]^: 27 It is being supplanted by Portuguese .

Phonology [ edit ]

Arikapu alphabet
a	a	b	d	dj	e	h	i	i	k	'	m	n	o	p	r	t	tx	u	u	y	w

Nasalisation is indicated by a tilde on the vowel : ⟨a a? ? ? o ?⟩ .

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ?	?	u ?
Near-close	?
Close-mid	e ?		o o
Mid		? ??
Open		a a??

Consonants
	Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p	t			k	? ⟨?⟩
Affricate			t?? ⟨tx⟩
Fricative						h
Approximant				j ⟨y⟩	w
Flap		? ⟨r⟩

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b Arikapu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Loukotka, ?estmir (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages . Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
^ Djeoromitxi, A. K. O fortalecimento da lingua e cultura Djeromitxi a partir da for-macao dos professores . 2015. 79 f. Monografia (Licenciatura em Educacao Basica Intercultu-ral) ? Departamento de Educacao Intercultural, Universidade Federal de Rondonia (campus de Ji-Parana). 2015.
^ Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Je: um estudo reconstrutivo . Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasilia.

External links [ edit ]

Arikapu basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Arikapu" . The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.

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[e18-1] Arikapu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Loukotka-2] Loukotka, ?estmir (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages . Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.

[3] Djeoromitxi, A. K. O fortalecimento da lingua e cultura Djeromitxi a partir da for-macao dos professores . 2015. 79 f. Monografia (Licenciatura em Educacao Basica Intercultu-ral) ? Departamento de Educacao Intercultural, Universidade Federal de Rondonia (campus de Ji-Parana). 2015.

[Nikulin-Macro-Je-4] Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. Proto-Macro-Je: um estudo reconstrutivo . Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasilia.

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