Korubo language
| Korubo | |
|---|---|
| Cacetero | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | 250 Korubo (2000)[1] |
Native speakers | 26 (2007)[1] |
Panoan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xor |
| Glottolog | koru1247 |
| ELP | Korubo |
Korubo is a nearly extinct Panoan language spoken by the Korubo people of Brazil. There are two dialects, Korubo itself and moribund Chankueshbo (Fleck 2013).
Phonology
[edit]Korubo has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/.[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lateral | plain | labialized | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | kʷ | ||
| Affricate | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||||
| Fricative | β | s | ɬ | ʃ | ||
| Semivowel | j | w | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b Korubo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
External links
[edit]- Portal Japiim (online dictionary)
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