Tapirapé language
E597725
Tapirapé is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Tapirapé people of Brazil, known for its complex morphology and endangered status.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tapirapé language canonical | 2 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endangered language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | indigenous languages of Brazil ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | other Tupi–Guarani languages ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Tapirapé people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | Tupian > Tupi–Guarani ⓘ |
| hasConsonantInventory | moderate-sized consonant inventory ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | descriptive linguistic studies ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentCause | language shift to Portuguese ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
complex affixation
ⓘ
polysynthetic tendencies ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasGrammar |
case-marking via postpositions
ⓘ
derivational verbal morphology ⓘ person-marking on verbs ⓘ |
| hasMorphosyntax |
extensive use of suffixes
ⓘ
some prefixation on verbs ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
oral and nasal vowels ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | minority language in Brazil ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | indigenous villages in Mato Grosso ⓘ |
| hasTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasVowelInventory | small vowel inventory with nasal counterparts ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant word order ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | taf ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tupian languages ⓘ |
| morphology | complex morphology ⓘ |
| region | Mato Grosso, Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tapirapé people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Tupi–Guarani languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | dominance of Portuguese in education and media ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication within Tapirapé communities ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional Tapirapé cultural practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.