Pemon language

E208122

Pemon language is an indigenous Cariban language spoken primarily by the Pemon people of southeastern Venezuela and neighboring regions of Brazil and Guyana.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pemon language canonical 3
Panare (Eʼñepa) language 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cariban language
indigenous language
natural language
basicWordOrder SOV
country Bolívar State
surface form: Bolívar state, Venezuela
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottocode pemo1247
hasAlternativeName Pemon
surface form: Pemon-Carib

Pemón
hasCaseMarking postpositional
hasClauseType relative clauses formed with particles
hasDialect Arekuna
Ingarikó
Taurepán
hasDocumentation grammars and dictionaries produced by linguists and missionaries
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese

Spanish
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNegationStrategy uses particles for clausal negation
hasNeighboringLanguage Akawaio language
Makushi language
surface form: Macushi language

Patamona language
hasNumeralSystem decimal-based with some traditional terms
hasOrthographyStatus standardized to a limited extent
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive nasalization
voiceless stops
hasPronounSystem distinguishes person and number
hasSpeakerCommunity indigenous communities in Canaima National Park area
hasStressPattern predominantly penultimate stress
iso639-3Code aoc
isPartOf indigenous cultural heritage of the Guiana Shield
isTaughtIn some primary schools in Pemon communities
languageFamily Carib
surface form: Cariban
region Roraima
surface form: Roraima, Brazil

border areas of Guyana
southeastern Venezuela
spokenBy Pemon
surface form: Pemon people
spokenIn Brazil
Gran Sabana
surface form: Gran Sabana region

British Guiana
surface form: Guyana

Venezuela
subfamily Venezuelan Carib
usedFor daily communication
oral tradition
ritual practices
usedIn community education materials
local radio programs
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carib languages hasNotableLanguage Pemon language
Carib languages hasNotableLanguage Pemon language
this entity surface form: Panare (Eʼñepa) language
Pemon language Pemon language
Makushi language closelyRelatedTo Pemon language