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Kagwahiva language

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Kawahíva (Kawahíb, Kagwahib) is a Tupi–Guarani dialect cluster of Brazil.

Kawahíva
Kagwahiva, Kawahib
Native toBrazil
RegionMato Grosso and Rondônia
Ethnicity(see varieties below)
Native speakers
560 (2024)[1]
Tupian
Dialects
  • Tenharim
  • Diahoi
  • Parintintin
  • Juma
  • Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau
  • Amondawa
  • Karipuna
  • Piripkura
  • Capivarí †
  • Paranawat †
  • Ipotewát †
  • Takwatíp †
  • Morerebi (unattested)
  • ?Mialat † (unattested)
  • ?Jabotiféd † (unattested)
  • ?Tukumanfed † (unattested)
  • ?Pawaté † (unattested)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
pah – Tenharim–Parintintín
urz – Uru-eu-wau-wau
kuq – Karipuná (confuses Kawahib with Jau-Navo)
jua – Júma
xmo – Morerebi
tkf – ? Tukumanféd (unattested)
paf – Paranawát
adw – Amondawa
Glottologkawa1296
ELPKaripuna
 Júma

The Tenharim (self-designation, Pyri 'near, together'), Parintintín, Jiahúi, Amondawa, Karipúna,[a] Uru-eu-wau-wau (self-designation Jupaú), Piripkúra, Júma, and Capivarí all call themselves Kawahíva. Their speech is mutually intelligible, and also similar to other languages or dialects now extinct. The closest Tupí-Guaraní language seems to be Apiaká,[2] formerly spoken in Mato Grosso.

Varieties

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There are different internal classifications of the pan-Kawahíwa, which differ in, e.g., whether Kayabí and Apiaká should be included as part of the dialectal cluster. The one listed in Aguilar (2013, 2018) follows:[3][4]

Languages spoken in north-central Rondônia are Karipúna, Uru-eu-wau-wau (Jupaú), Amondawa, and unidentified varieties by some isolated groups. Languages spoken in northeastern Mato Grosso and southern Pará are Apiaká, Kayabí, Piripkúra, and unidentified varieties by some isolated groups.

Other Kawahíva dialects became extinct, the most recent being Capivara with the death of Pitanga Capivara in the fall 2022.[5] Other varieties include Paranawat at Machado/Ji-Paraná River, Takwatip and Ipotewap at Muqui river, attested by Nimuendajú and Lévi-Strauss around the 1950s.[6][7] Lévi-Strauss also mentions people who were already almost extinct at that time, who lived near the Ji-Paraná river, like the Tucumanfét and the Jabotiféd; and the Mialat, who inhabited the Leitão River region.

Phonology

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Phonemic inventory of the Tenharim dialect:[8]

Vowels
Front Central Back
High i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃ u ũ
Mid e ẽ o õ
Low a ã
  • /a, ã/ are heard as [ə, ə̃] in unstressed syllables.
Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain labial
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ ŋʷ
Stop/Affricate p t t͡ʃ k kʷ ʔ
Fricative β h
Rhotic ɾ
  • /ɲ/ can be heard as [j] when in unstressed positions.
  • /β/ can also be heard as [w].

Notes

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  1. ↑ not to be confused with either the Panoan group or the Carib-based creole spoken in the state of Amapá, which have the same name.
  2. ↑ Dialects of uncontacted peoples

References

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  1. ↑ Nascimento dos Santos, Wesley (September 18, 2024). "Kawahíva (Brazil) – Language Snapshot". Language Documentation and Description. doi:10.25894/LDD.2549. ISSN 2756-1224.
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald (September 2015). "Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: A comprehensive review: Online appendices". Language. 91 (3): s1–s188. doi:10.1353/lan.2015.0049. ISSN 1535-0665.
  3. ↑ Aguilar, Ana Maria Gouveia Cavalcanti (2018). "Kawahíwa como uma unidade linguística". Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica (in Portuguese). 9 (1): 139–161. doi:10.26512/rbla.v9i1.19529.
  4. ↑ Aguilar, A. M. G. C. 2013. Contribuições Etnolinguísticas e Histórico-Comparativas para os estudos sobre os povos e as línguas Kawahíwa. Tese (Exame de Qualificação de Doutorado), PPGL/UnB.
  5. ↑ Nascimento dos Santos, Wesley (2024). Topics on the syntax of Kawahíva: A Tupí-Guaraní language from the Brazilian Amazon (Thesis). UC Berkeley.
  6. ↑ Lévi-Strauss, Claude (1955). Tristes Tropiques [Sad Tropics] (in French). France, Brazil: Librairie Plon. ISBN 2-266-11982-6. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  7. ↑ Nimuendajú, Curt (1940–1947). Handbook of South American Indians (Steward, Julian H., ed. (1948) ed.). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 283–297.
  8. ↑ Sampaio, Wany Bernadete de Araujo (1997). Estudo comparativo sincrônico entre o Parintintin (Tenharim) e o Uru-eu-uau-uau (Amondava): contribuições para uma revisão na classificação das línguas Tupi-Kawahib (PDF). Universidade Estadual de Campinas.

Further reading

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  • dos Santos, W. N. (2024). Topics on the syntax of Kawahíva: A Tupí-Guaraní language from the Brazilian Amazon. Doctor's Thesis. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7n3020c1
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  • Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Tenharim". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
  • Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Júma". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
  • Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
  • Portal Japiim (online dictionary)
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