Purí is an extinct language of eastern Brazil.
In the 2010s, a Puri language revitalization project was launched in the indigenous village of Maraká’nà (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro State.[2]
Phonology
A hypothetical inventory of Purí, based on phonological data from various scholars, was created by Neto in 2007.[3][4]
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b ᵐp p | t | k | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||
| Sibilant affricate | t̠ʃ | ||||
| Sibilant fricative | ʃ | ||||
| Approximant | j | ||||
| Tap/flap | ɾ |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ ? | u |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open | ä |
References
- ^ Purí at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ PURI, Txâma Xambé; PURI, Tutushamum; PURI, Xindêda. Kwaytikindo: retomada linguística Puri. In: Revista Brasileira de Línguas Indígenas - RBLI. Macapá, v. 3, n. 2, p. 77-101. doi:10.18468/rbli.2020v3n2.p77-101
- ^ "Puri". South American Phonological Inventory Database (SAPhon v2.1.0). UC Berkeley. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Neto, Ambrósio Pereira da Silva (2007). "Revisão da Classificaçao Da Família Lingüística Purí" (PDF): 23. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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