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Number: 5522

Language: Hishkaryana

Location: N Brazil (Pará)

Population: 350

Classification: Amerind: Macro-Carib: Carib: Southern: Southern Guiana

Other Sources:

Derbyshire, Desmond. 1961. "Hishkaryana (Carib) Syntax Structure I-II," IJAL 27, 125-42 & 226-36.
Derbyshire, Desmond. 1965. Textos Hixkaryâna. Belém, Brazil: Museu Paraense Emı́lio Goeldi.
Derbyshire, Desmond C. 1977a. "Word Order Universals and the Existence of OVS Languages,' Linguistic Inquiry 8, 590-9.
Derbyshire, Desmond C. 1977b. "Discourse Redundancy in Hixkaryana," IJAL 43, 176-88.

Consonant system:

p t k
b d ɟ
č
ɸ s š h
m n ñ
B ɾ ɾ̌
B is a bilabial trill and ɾ̌ is an alveopalatal flap with lateral release.

Stops: p b t d ɟ k

Affricates: č

Fricatives: ɸ s š h

Nasals: m n ñ

Vibrants: B = bilabial trill ɾ ɾ̌ (alveopalatal flap with lateral release)

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

ɯ u
e ɔ
a

Front Vowels: e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u ɯ ɔ

Demonstratives: 3

Syntax: OVS NA GN NUM-N POSS-N

Prep/Post: POST

Number: 5528

Language: Vilela

Location: Argentina (Gran Chaco)

Population: extinct

Classification: Amerind: Macro-Panoan: Lule-Vilela

Other Sources: Lozano, Elena. 1977. "Cuentos secretos vilelas: la mujer tigre," Vicus Cuadernos. Lingüı́stica 1, 93-116.

Consonant system:

   p p^ʔ t t^ʔ k k^ʔ q q^ʔ ʔ
b d ɡ G
    č č^ʔ
    s h
m n
    l ɬ
    r

Stops: p p^ʔ b t t^ʔ d k k^ʔ ɡ q q^ʔ G ʔ

Affricates: č č^ʔ

Fricatives: s h

Nasals: m n

Laterals: l ɬ

Vibrants: r

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i u
e o
a

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o

Syntax: SOV NA GN NUM-N POSS-N

Number: 5534

Language: Chimane

Alternate Name: Moseten

Location: NW Bolivia

Population: 500

Classification: Amerind: Macro-Panoan: Moseten

Grammar: GD: Bibolotti, Benigno. 1917. Moseteno Vocabulary and Treatises. Evanston: Northwestern Univ.

Other Sources:

Suárez, Jorge A. 1969. "Moseten and Pano-Tacanan," Al 11, 255-66.
Suárez, Jorge A. 1973. "Macro-Pano-Tacanan," IJAL 39, 137-54.

Consonant system:

   p t k
b d
    t^s č
f s š x
v
m n ñ
    r

Stops: p b t d k

Affricates: t^s č

Fricatives: f v s š x

Nasals: m n ñ

Vibrants: r

Glides: j

Vowel system:

i ɯ u
e o
a

Front Vowels: i e

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u ɯ o

Long Vowels: v̄

Syllable: (C)V(C)

Noun Number: s p

Gender: m f

Demonstratives: 2

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3 6

Syntax: SVO AN GN DN POSS-N

Prep/Post: POST

Number: 5540

Language: Toba

Location: N Argentina

Population: 20,000

Classification: Amerind: Macro-Panoan: Guaycuruan

Dictionary:

Vellard, Jehan A. 1969. Vocabulario toba. Buenos Aires: Univ de Buenos Aires.
Bruno, Lidia N. and Elena L. Naulis. 1965. Estudio comparativo de vocabularios tobas y pilagas. Buenos Aires: Univ de Buenos Aires.

Grammar: Klein, Harriet E. Manelis. 1973. A Grammar of Argentine Toba. New York: Columbia Univ Diss.

Other Sources:

Henry Jules. 1939. "The Linguistics Position of the Ashluslay Indians," IJAL 10, 86-91.
Gasquet, Ana Marı́a Martirena de. 1977. "Fonologia de la lengua toba," Vicus Cuadernos. Lingüı́stica 1, 61-91.
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Consonant system:

   p^h t̪^h k^h q^h ʔ
(b) (d̪) ɡ G
    č
    ɡ̌
    s š h
m n̪ ñ
    l ʎ
    ɾ

Stops: p^h (b) t̪^h (d̪) k^h ɡ q^h G ʔ

Affricates: č ɡ̌

Fricatives: s š h

Nasals: m n̪ ñ

Laterals: l ʎ

Vibrants: ɾ

Modified Consonants: c̄

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i
ɛ o
a

Front Vowels: i ɛ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: o

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Syllable: (C)CV(C)(C)

Stress: final

Noun Number: s p

Gender: m f

Pronouns:

1 4
2 5
3 6

Syntax: SVO GN NUM-N POSS-N.

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