Kipeá (Quipea), or Kariri, is an extinct
Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single
Kariri language.
A short grammatical treatise is available.
Documentation
Kipeá is well documented by Luiz Mamiani, a Jesuit priest who wrote
a grammar and
catechism
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of the Kipeá language during the late 1600s.
Phonology
Phonology of the Kipeá language:
A voiced plosive
¡can have an allophone of
‹
Grammar
The
morphology
Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to:
Disciplines
*Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts
*Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies, ...
of the Kipeá language is predominantly
isolating and
analytic
Analytic or analytical may refer to:
Chemistry
* Analytical chemistry, the analysis of material samples to learn their chemical composition and structure
* Analytical technique, a method that is used to determine the concentration of a chemical ...
, unusual for a language native to the Americas.
See also
*
Dzubukuá language
Dzubukuá (Dzubucua), or Kiriri, referred to by the community as Kariri-Xocó, is an extinct Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single Kariri language. Since 1989, there is a process of linguistic revitalizat ...
Further reading
*Ribeiro, E. R. (2010). Tapuya connections: language contact in eastern Brazil. ''LIAMES: LÃnguas IndÃgenas Americanas'', 9(1), 61-76.
References
External links
Kariri dictionary1877 reprint of grammar
Analytic languages
Isolating languages
Kariri languages
Extinct languages of South America
Languages extinct in the 20th century
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