Tariana language
E166233
The Tariana language is an endangered Arawakan language spoken in the northwest Amazon region of Brazil, known for its complex verbal morphology and extensive system of evidentiality.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tariana language canonical | 5 |
| Kinikinau language | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ |
| alignment | nominative-accusative ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Tariano ⓘ |
| communityPractice | used in ritual and traditional contexts ⓘ |
| contactLanguage |
Baniwa language
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| dominantContactLanguage | Tucano language ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tariana people ⓘ |
| evidentialCategories |
assumed evidential
ⓘ
inferred evidential ⓘ non-visual evidential ⓘ reported evidential ⓘ visual evidential ⓘ |
| evidentialityType | grammatical evidentiality ⓘ |
| feature |
classifier system
ⓘ
complex verbal morphology ⓘ extensive evidentiality system ⓘ obligatory evidential marking in finite clauses ⓘ person and number agreement on verbs ⓘ switch-reference-like distinctions ⓘ tense-aspect-mood distinctions ⓘ |
| Glottocode | tari1258 ⓘ |
| grammarPublicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| hasBorrowingFrom |
Baniwa language
ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
Tucanoan languages ⓘ
surface form:
Tucano language
|
| hasCaseMarking | postpositions rather than case suffixes ⓘ |
| hasGrammarDescription | A Grammar of Tariana, from Northwest Amazonia ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
tone or pitch-accent influenced by contact ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | tae ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Arawakan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Arawakan language family
|
| languageStatus | subject of revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Vaupés linguistic area ⓘ |
| morphologicalType |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
polysynthetic language ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | fewer than 200 speakers ⓘ |
| region |
Northwestern Amazonia
ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Rio Negro region
northwest Amazon ⓘ |
| researcher | Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Amazonas state
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazonas state, Brazil
|
| subfamily |
Arawakan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Arawakan
|
| transmission | largely not transmitted to children ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kinikinau language