Puri language

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Puri
Puri–Coroado
Kwaytikindo
Pronunciation[kwajtikiⁿdo]
Native toBrazil
Ethnicity Puri people
Extinct late 19th century [1]
Purian
  • Puri
Dialects
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 prr
Glottolog puri1262   Puri

Puri (Puri: Kwaytikindo 'language') is an extinct and revitalizing language of eastern Brazil, spoken by the Puri people. It ceased being spoken sometime in the 19th century, but the Puri people have begun to use the language once more. It can be considered a language isolate, with the related Coroado language seen as a dialect.

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Classification

Puri is part of the eponymous Purian language family, composed of Coroado, Puri and possibly Waitaká, which is unattested. Previously, the Koropó language was seen as Purian, [2] but it has been proven to be part of the Maxakalían languages instead. [3]

History

In the 2010s, a Puri language revitalization project was launched in the indigenous village of Maraká’nà (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro State. [4] In 2021, a primer was published. [5]

Phonology

A hypothetical inventory of Puri, based on phonological data from various scholars, was created by Neto in 2007. [6] [2]

Consonants

Consonants of Puri
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

Vowels of Puri
Front Central Back
Close i (ɨ) u
Close-mid e o
Open ä

It is uncertain if [ɨ] existed in Puri.

Orthography

The Puri orthogaphy is as follows: [5]

LetterA aB bD dDJ djE eF fH hI iÏ ïJ jK kL lM m
Phoneme[a][b][d][d͡ʒ][ɛ], [e][f][h][i][ɨ][ʒ][k(ʰ)][l][m]
LetterMB mbN nND ndNG ngO oP pR rS sT tTH thTS tsTX txU u
Phoneme[ᵐb][n][ⁿd][ŋ][o:][p][ɾ][s][t][θ][ts][t͡ʃ][u]
LetterV vW wX xY y
Phoneme[v][w][ʃ][j]

Vocabulary

Numerals

[5]
NumeralPuri
1omi
2kuriri
3patapakon
4papante
5xapretxi
6xapretxi-omi
7popawan
8popawan-omi
9popawan-kuriri
10xapereday

References

  1. Puri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. 1 2 Neto, Ambrósio Pereira da Silva (2007). Revisão da Classificaçao Da Família Lingüística Puri (PDF) (Thesis). p. 23. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  3. Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Indigenous Languages of South America" , The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 182–279, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0004, ISBN   978-0-19-767346-1 , retrieved 2025-04-21
  4. Puri, Txâma Xambé; Puri, Tutushamum; Puri, Xindêda (2021-01-20). "Kwaytikindo: retomada linguística Puri" . Revista Brasileira de Línguas Indígenas. 3 (2): 77. doi: 10.18468/rbli.2020v3n2.p77-101 . ISSN   2595-685X.
  5. 1 2 3 Gamito, José Aristides Silva (2021-01-01). Cartilha da Língua Puri - um exercício de revitalização.
  6. "Puri". South American Phonological Inventory Database (SAPhon v2.1.0). UC Berkeley. Retrieved 23 November 2022.