Poyanawa language
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| Puinaua | |
|---|---|
| Poyanáwa | |
| Ûdikuî | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Acre |
| Ethnicity | 400 (1999)[1] |
Native speakers | 1 (2023)[2] |
| Revival | 1985–2000[3] |
Panoan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pyn |
| Glottolog | poya1241 |
| ELP | Poyanawa |
Puinaua (Poyanáwa: Ûdikuî, meaning 'true language'[4]), a.k.a. Poyanáwa, is a Panoan language of Brazil. It is moribund, with only one fluent speaker.[4][3]
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occlusive | voiceless | p | t | k | |||
| voiced | b | d | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | ʃ | h | |||
| voiced | β | v | |||||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Vibrant | r | ||||||
| Semivowel | w | j | |||||
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | ||
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Poyanawa language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Xeu, Valter (2023-07-03). "Na escola Puyanáwa, a língua sonhada". Patria Latina (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ a b "Novo em Folha - Línguas ameaçadas de extinção no Brasil - Poinaua". treinamento.folhasp.com.br. Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ a b "Puyanawa - Povos Indígenas no Brasil". pib.socioambiental.org. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
- ^ a b Paula, Aldir Santos de (1992). Poyanáwa, a língua dos índios da aldeia Barão: aspectos fonológicos e morfológicos (Master's thesis). Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. p. 29. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
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