CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: East-West Guiana: Group 5
GRAMMAR:GD: William, James. 1932. Grammar Notes and Vocabulary of the Language of the Makuchi Indians of Guiana. St Gabriel-Mödling. Austria: Anthropos.
OTHERSOURC:
Hawkins, W. Neil. 1950. "Patterns of Vowel Loss in Macushi (Carib)," IJAL 16, 87-90. E
CONSONANTS:
p t k ʔ s š m n r
STOPS:p t k ʔ
FRICATIVES:s š
NASALS:m n
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i ɯ u e o a
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u ɯ o
SYLLABLE:(C)(C)V(C)
NOUNNUMBER:s p
GENDER:anim inan
DEMONSTRAT:3
PRONOUNS:
1 4ie 2 5 *3 6
SYNTAX:OVS/SOV AN GN DN NUM-N POSS-N/N-POSS
NOUNINCORP:pronoun incorp
PREPPOST:POST
NUMBER:5502
LANGUAGE:Pemon
ALTERNATEN:Arecuna
LOCATION:W Guayana
POPULATION:500
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: East-West Guiana: Group 5
OTHERSOURC:
Edward, Walter F. 1978. "A Preliminary Sketch of Arekuna (Carib) Phonology," IJAL 44, 223-7. E
CONSONANTS:
p t k č s m n ɾ
STOPS:p t k
AFFRICATES:č
FRICATIVES:s
NASALS:m n
VIBRANTS:ɾ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
i ɨ u e ǝ o a
FRONTVOWEL:i e
CENTRALVOW:ɨ ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u o
DIPHTHONGS:aI au eI
SYLLABLE:(C)(C)V(C), but no CCVC
NOUNNUMBER:s p
SYNTAX:OVS
NUMBER:5503
LANGUAGE:Patamona
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: East-West Guiana: Group 5
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5504
LANGUAGE:Akawaio
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: East-West Guiana: Group 5
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5505
LANGUAGE:Arinagoto
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: East-West Guiana: Group 5
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5506
LANGUAGE:Palmella
LOCATION:Brazil
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: Northern Brazil: Group 1
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5507
LANGUAGE:Pimenteira
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: Northern Brazil: Group 1
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5508
LANGUAGE:Yaruma
LOCATION:Brazil
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: Northern Brazil: Group 2
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5509
LANGUAGE:Chicão
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: Northern Brazil: Group 2
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5510
LANGUAGE:Pariri
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: Northern Brazil: Group 3
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5511
LANGUAGE:Apiaka
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: Northern Brazil: Group 3
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5512
LANGUAGE:Arara2
POPULATION:extinct
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: Northern Brazil: Group 3
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:5513
LANGUAGE:Yuma2
CLASSIFICA:Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Northern: Northern Brazil: Group 3