Yavitero language

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Yavitero
Paraene
Native to Venezuela
Region Orinoco
EthnicityYavitero
Extinct 1984 [1] [2]
1 (2000) [3]
Arawakan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yvt
Glottolog yavi1244
ELP Yavitero

Yavitero or Paraene is a likely extinct Maipurean language of Venezuela.

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Phonology

Vowels [4]
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid ɛ
Open a
Consonants [4]
Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive p   b t   d k   g
Affricate t͡s   d͡z
Fricative θ h
Rhotic tap ɾ
trill r
Lateral Tap ɺ̥   ɺ
Semivowel j w

References

  1. ↑ Vajda, Edward J (December 2006). "Maipure (review)" . Language. 82 (4): 936–936. doi:10.1353/lan.2006.0235. ISSN   1535-0665.
  2. ↑ Zamponi, Raoul (2011-07-07). "Arawakan: Maipure-Yavitero". In Lieber, Rochelle; Štekauer, Pavol (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Compounding. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199695720.013.0032.
  3. ↑ Moseley, Christopher, ed. (2010). Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages (1. publ. in paperback ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-7007-1197-0.
  4. 1 2 Mosonyi, Emilio Esteban; Mosonyi, Jorge C.; Largo, Águeda (2000). Yavitero. In Mosonyi, Esteban Emilio and Jorge Carlos Mosonyi (eds.), Manual de Lenguas Indígenas de Venezuela: Caracas: Fundación Bigott. pp. 594–651.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)


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