Tuparí language
E598319
The Tuparí language is an indigenous Tupian language spoken by the Tuparí people of the Brazilian Amazon, known for its complex verb morphology and endangered status.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tuparí languages | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endangered language
ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ |
| alignmentType | ergative–absolutive (in some constructions) ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroArea | Amazonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| culturalRole | marker of Tuparí ethnic identity ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Tuparí NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Tupian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Tupari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClauseStructureFeature | complex verb serialization (reported in Tupian languages) ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | indigenous villages in Rondônia ⓘ |
| hasDomain | indigenous knowledge transmission ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
person marking on verbs
ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ switch-reference (reported in Tupian branch) ⓘ tense-aspect-mood marking ⓘ |
| hasNominalFeature | limited nominal inflection compared to verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
nasal harmony ⓘ oral and nasal vowels ⓘ |
| hasResearch | descriptive grammars and articles by field linguists ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature | bilingualism in Tuparí and Portuguese among many speakers ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | tpr ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tupian language family ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | head-marking ⓘ |
| morphologyFeature | complex verb morphology ⓘ |
| morphologyType | polysynthetic ⓘ |
| region | Rondônia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Tuparí people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brazilian Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInEducation | used informally; limited formal schooling use ⓘ |
| subfamily | Tuparí branch ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
language shift to Portuguese
ⓘ
reduced intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Tuparí communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ |
| wordOrder | flexible word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (practical orthography) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tuparí languages