Puri language
Appearance
Puri | |
---|---|
Native to | Brazil |
Ethnicity | Macro-Gê
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | prr |
Glottolog | puri1262 Puri |
Puri is an extinct language of eastern Brazil.
In the 2010s, a Puri language revitalization project was launched in the indigenous village of Maraká’nà (Maracanã),
Rio de Janeiro State.[2]
Phonology
A hypothetical inventory of Puri, based on phonological data from various scholars, was created by Neto in 2007.[3][4]
Consonants
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
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | ɨ ? | u |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open | ä |
References
- ^ Puri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Puri". South American Phonological Inventory Database (SAPhon v2.1.0). UC Berkeley. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Neto, Ambrósio Pereira da Silva (2007). "Revisão da Classificaçao Da Família Lingüística Puri" (PDF): 23. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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