Kurripako language
E166234
The Kurripako language is an indigenous Arawakan language spoken by the Kurripako people in parts of the Amazon region of Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kurripako language canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arawakan language
ⓘ
South American language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | South America ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Baniwa language
ⓘ
surface form:
Baniwa of Içana language
Tariana language ⓘ |
| country |
Brazil
ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | described in grammars and dictionaries to a limited extent ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Kurripako ⓘ |
| glottocode | kurr1242 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Baniwa-Curripaco
ⓘ
Curripaco ⓘ Kurripako ⓘ |
| hasDomain | indigenous education programs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
evidentiality distinctions
ⓘ
numeral classifiers ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
tonal or pitch-accent-like distinctions (analyzed in some descriptions) ⓘ |
| hasSpeakersIn |
indigenous communities in northwestern Brazil
ⓘ
indigenous communities in southern Venezuela ⓘ indigenous reserves in Colombia ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish language
|
| ISO639-3 | kpc ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Upper Rio Negro linguistic area ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Arawakan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Arawakan language family
|
| languageStatus |
minority language
ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | predominantly SOV word order ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| region |
Amazon Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Amazon basin
|
| spokenBy | Kurripako people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Amazonas Department (Colombia)
ⓘ
Orinoco Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Orinoco River region
Vaupés Department ⓘ
surface form:
Vaupés region
|
| subfamily |
Arawakan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Arawakan
|
| usedAs | marker of Kurripako ethnic identity ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Kurripako communities
ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.