Amazonian languages
E619682
Amazonian languages are the diverse indigenous language families and isolates spoken throughout the Amazon Basin of South America, known for their rich typological variety and cultural significance.
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South American languages
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group of languages ⓘ |
| culturallySignificantFor | indigenous communities of the Amazon ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
complex systems of spatial reference in some languages
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complex verbal morphology in many languages ⓘ diverse word order patterns ⓘ elaborate evidentiality systems in some languages ⓘ elaborate kinship terminology ⓘ endangered status for many languages ⓘ frequent use of classifiers in some languages ⓘ frequent verb-final orders in some families ⓘ high linguistic diversity ⓘ nasal harmony in some languages ⓘ polysynthesis in some languages ⓘ presence of many language isolates ⓘ rich oral traditions ⓘ small speaker populations for many languages ⓘ special speech registers in some cultures ⓘ split ergativity in some languages ⓘ switch-reference systems in some languages ⓘ tone in some languages ⓘ typological variety ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Arawakan languages
NERFINISHED
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Arawá languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Bororoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Cahuapanan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Harákmbut languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Katukinan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Macro-Jê languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Nadahup languages ⓘ Nambikwaran languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Panoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Peba–Yagua languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tacanan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tucanoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tupian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Witotoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Yanomaman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaparoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ language isolates of the Amazon Basin ⓘ |
| hasPreservationEfforts |
community-based language revitalization programs
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documentation projects by linguists ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin script for some languages ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Baniwa language
NERFINISHED
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Desano language NERFINISHED ⓘ Huitoto language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kayapó language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pirahã language NERFINISHED ⓘ Shipibo-Conibo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ticuna language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yanomami language ⓘ |
| region |
Bolivia
NERFINISHED
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Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ French Guiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ Suriname NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | indigenous peoples of the Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Amazon Basin
NERFINISHED
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South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedBy | linguists ⓘ |
| studiedFor |
anthropological linguistics
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historical linguistics ⓘ typological research ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
deforestation
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language shift to Portuguese ⓘ language shift to Spanish ⓘ loss of traditional lifestyles ⓘ |
| timePeriod | spoken for thousands of years in the Amazon Basin ⓘ |
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