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Munduruku languages

Munduruku languages

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The Mundurukú languages of Brazil form a branch of the Tupian language family. They are Munduruku and the extinct Kuruáya.

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Varieties

Loukotka (1968) lists the following names for Mundurucú language varieties, including names of unattested varieties.[1]

  • Mundurucú / Paiquizé / Pari / Weidéñe - originally spoken along the Tapajós River, now on the Urariá River and Maué-assú River, Amazonas.
  • Kuruáya / Caravare / Curivere / Guahuara / Curuapa - spoken on the Curua River, now perhaps extinct.

Proto-language

Some Proto-Mundurukú reconstructions by Picanço (2005) are as follows.[2]

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References

  1. Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
  2. Picanço, Gessiane Lobato. 2005. Munduruku: Phonetics, phonology, synchrony, diachrony. Doctoral dissertation, University of Vancouver. doi:10.14288/1.0092991

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