Akurio language
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| Akuriyó | |
|---|---|
| Akurio | |
| Native to | Suriname |
| Region | Sipaliwini District |
| Ethnicity | 40 Akurio people (2012)[1] |
| Extinct | 2000s[1] 2 semi-speakers (2012) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ako |
| Glottolog | akur1238 |
| ELP | Akuriyo |
 Akuriyo is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
  Akuriyó | |
| Coordinates: 3°12′N 55°38′W / 3.200°N 55.633°W | |
Akurio, also known as Akuriyó, is an
Trío language. Akuriyo does not have a writing system
.
Status
The last native speaker is believed to have died in the first decade of the 2000s. During this period, only 10 people were estimated to have Akuriyó as a second language. By 2012, only two semi-speakers remained.[1]
Sepi Akuriyó, one of the last surviving speakers of Akuriyó, went missing 2 December 2018, when a small plane carrying 8 people disappeared during a flight over the Amazon rainforest. The search and rescue operation was called off after two weeks.[2]
Phonology
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| Approximant | t̠ʃ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Tap or Flap | ɾ | ||||
| Approximant | j | w |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Close-mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Central | |||
| Open | a aː |
References
- ^ a b c Akuriyó at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "A scandal in the Amazon - where pilots are forced to lie". BBC News. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ a b Meira, Sérgio (1998). A Reconstruction of Proto-Taranoan: Phonology and Morphology (PDF) (masters thesis). Rice University.
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