Marúbo language

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Marúbo
Native to Brazil
Region Javari River basin
Ethnicity Marubo People
Native speakers
1,300 (2006) [1]
Panoan
  • Mainline Panoan
    • Nawa
      • Marubo group
        • Marúbo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mzr
Glottolog maru1252
ELP Marubo

Marúbo is a Panoan language of Brazil.

Features

Marubo is an agglutinative language with and SOV word order. [2] It has a graded tense system where what tense is used it determined by the distance in time between the time of reference (usually the time of speaking) and the time in which the mentioned even happened. [3] Marubo unlike most Panoan language does not have prefixes to refer to various body parts. [4]

Contents

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar
Stop p t k
Affricate ts
Fricative v s ʃ
Nasal m n
Rhotic ɾ
Approximant w j

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃ u ũ
Low a ã

Status

The Marubo Language is considered threatened due to competition with Portuguese [6]

Sample Text

EnglishMarubo [7]
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.Txitavíanamã, mai shoviti vevo,“Vana” atõ aká ivo ayase.a Aa Vanaro yora ikítõ ikí Yové Koĩnĩ nióti. Aaivo Vanaro Yové Koĩserívi

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References

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  7. "João 1". www.scriptureearth.org. Retrieved 2024-06-11.