A global linguistic database : Query result

Number: 5422

Language: Goajiro

Location: N Colombia

Population: 60,000

Classification: Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Ta-Arawakan

Dictionary: Hildebrandt, Martha. 1963. Diccionario guajiro-español. Caracas: Comisión Indigenista.

Grammar: Holmer, Nils M. 1949. "Goajiro I-IV," IJAL 15, 45-56,110-20,145-57 & 232-5.

Other Sources:

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.

Consonant system:

   p t̪ k ʔ
    č
    s š h
m n̪ ñ
    ľ
    r

Stops: p t̪ k ʔ

Affricates: č

Fricatives: s š h

Nasals: m n̪ ñ

Laterals: ľ

Vibrants: r

Modified Consonants: c̄

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i ɨ u
ɛ o
a

Front Vowels: i ɛ

Central Vowels: ɨ a

Back Vowels: u o

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Nasal Vowels: (ṽ)

Syllable: (C)V(C)

Stress: phonemic (mostly second)

Noun Number: s p

Gender: masc non-masc (=women, females, inanimate)

Demonstratives: 3

Articles: def indef

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3mM 6
M=non-masc

Syntax: VSO AN/(NA) NG (DN)/ND NUM-N POSS-N

Noun Incorporation: pronoun incorp

Prep/Post: PREP/POST

Comments: The largest Indian group in Colombia.

Number: 5424

Language: Arawak

Location: Surinam

Population: 2,000

Classification: Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Ta-Arawakan

Grammar: Goeje, C. H. de. 1928. The Arawak Language of Guiana. Amsterdam.

Other Sources:

Taylor, Douglas. 1969. "A Preliminary View of Arawak Phonology," IJAL 35, 234-8.
Taylor, Douglas. 1970. "Arawak Grammatical Categories and Translation," IJAL 36, 199-204.
WALS

Consonant system:

   (p) t t^h k k^h
b d
ɸ s h
m n
    l
    r

Stops: (p) b t t^h d k k^h

Fricatives: ɸ s h

Nasals: m n

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r

Vowel system:

i ɨ
e o
a

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: ɨ a

Back Vowels: o

Long Vowels: ī ɛ̄ ɨ̄ ɑ̄ ō

Nasal Vowels: ṽ all

Syllable: (C)V

Demonstratives: 3

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3mf 6

Syntax: SVO GN POSS-N

Number: 5435

Language: Yucuna

Location: SE Colombia

Population: 450

Classification: Amerind: Equatorial: Arawakan: Maipuran: Northern: Rio Negro: Maritiparana

Other Sources:

Schauer, Stanley and Junia Schauer. 1967. "Yucuna Phonemics," in PSCL, 61-71.
E

Consonant system:

   p p^h t t^h k ʔ
    č
    s h
m n ñ
    ľ
    ɾ

Stops: p p^h t t^h k ʔ

Affricates: č

Fricatives: s h

Nasals: m n ñ

Laterals: ľ

Vibrants: ɾ

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i u
ɛ o
a

Front Vowels: i ɛ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o

Nasal Vowels: (ṽ)

Modified Vowels: vowel harmony

Syllable: (C)V(C)

Stress: phonemic

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3mf 6

Syntax: SVO

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