Pisamira language

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Pisamira
Tucanoan
  • Eastern
    • Central
      • Tatuyo–Carapano
        • Pisamira
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog pisa1245
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Pisamira is a Tucanoan language. Ethnologue misidentifies it as a dialect of Tucano. [1]

Phonology

Pisamira features six vowels /a e i ɨ o u/ which can be either oral or nasal, and eleven consonant phonemes. [2] A few of these consonants /g, t͡ʃ, r/ have a restricted distribution and rarely or never appear at the beginnings of roots. [3]

Pisamira Consonant Phonemes
LabialApicalPalatalVelarGlottal
Stopsvoiceless p t k
voiced b d g
Continuants ʋ ʝ h
Affricates t͡ʃ
Trills r

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References

  1. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  2. González de Pérez, María Stella (2000). Bases para el estudio de la lengua pisamira. Instituto Caro y Cuervo.
  3. Preciado, Rodríguez; Patricia, Iveth (2018-02-28). "Aspectos de la morfología nominal y verbal de la lengua pisamira : una lengua de la familia tucano oriental del noroeste amazónico" (in Spanish).{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)