GRAMMAR:Holmer, Nils M. 1949. "Goajiro I-IV," IJAL 15, 45-56,110-20,145-57 & 232-5.
OTHERSOURC:
Mansen, Richard. 1967. "Guajiro Phonemes," in PSCL, 49-59. Mansen, Richard and Karis Mansen. 1976. "The Structure of Sentence and Paragraph in Guajiro Narrative Discourse," in DG I, 147-258.
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Izaneni
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5427
LANGUAGE:Curripaco
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Izaneni
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5428
LANGUAGE:Pacu
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Izaneni
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5429
LANGUAGE:Cuati
LOCATION:Colombia
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Izaneni
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5430
LANGUAGE:Mapanai
LOCATION:Brazil
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Izaneni
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5431
LANGUAGE:Moriwene
LOCATION:Brazil
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Izaneni
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5432
LANGUAGE:Izaneni
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Izaneni
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5433
LANGUAGE:Cabiyari
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Maritiparana
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5434
LANGUAGE:Matapi
LOCATION:Colombia
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Maritiparana
CONSONANTS:
COMMENTS:"The Matapı́ language has been lost except for a few words that have been retained by some of the elders of the tribe. The Matapies are almost completely assimilated into Yucuna culture." Stanley and Junia Schauer, "Yucuna Phonemics," PSCL, p. 62.
NUMBER:5435
LANGUAGE:Yucuna
LOCATION:SE Colombia
POPULATION:450
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Maritiparana
OTHERSOURC:
Schauer, Stanley and Junia Schauer. 1967. "Yucuna Phonemics," in PSCL, 61-71. E
CONSONANTS:
p ph t th k ʔ č s h m n ñ ľ ɾ
STOPS:p ph t th k ʔ
AFFRICATES:č
FRICATIVES:s h
NASALS:m n ñ
LATERALS:ľ
VIBRANTS:ɾ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i u ɛ o a
FRONTVOWEL:i ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o
NASALVOWEL:(ṽ)
MODIFIEDVO:vowel harmony
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C)
STRESS:phonemic
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3mf 6
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:5436
LANGUAGE:Wirina
LOCATION:Brazil
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Wirina
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5437
LANGUAGE:Yabaana
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Wirina
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5438
LANGUAGE:Itayaine
LOCATION:Brazil
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Tarianon
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5439
LANGUAGE:Tariano
ALTERNATEN:Tariana
LOCATION:Brazil
POPULATION:100
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Tarianon
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SOV
NUMBER:5440
LANGUAGE:Mariate
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Yapura A