Nambikwara languages
E641143
The Nambikwara languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken by the Nambikwara peoples of western Brazil, known for their typological diversity and significance in Amazonian linguistic studies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nambikwara languages canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | language family ⓘ |
| arealAssociation | Amazonian languages ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Claude Lévi-Strauss
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David Price NERFINISHED ⓘ linguists specializing in Amazonian languages ⓘ |
| familyColor | American ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | one of the primary language families of South America ⓘ |
| hasBranch |
Central Nambikwara
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ⓘ
Northern Nambikwara NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Nambikwara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Nambikwara people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | namb1299 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Nambikwaran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISOStatus | family with multiple ISO 639-3 codes for individual languages ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Lakondê
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latundê NERFINISHED ⓘ Mamaindê NERFINISHED ⓘ Nambikwara do Campo NERFINISHED ⓘ Nambikwara do Norte NERFINISHED ⓘ Nambikwara do Sul NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabanê NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amazon basin
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ⓘ
Mato Grosso NERFINISHED ⓘ Rondônia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | small population of speakers ⓘ |
| region |
Amazonian lowlands
ⓘ
Guaporé–Mamoré area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | other small language families of the Brazilian Amazon (areally, not genetically) ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
language contact
ⓘ
language endangerment and revitalization ⓘ morphosyntax ⓘ phonology ⓘ |
| significance |
important for Amazonian linguistic typology
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important for historical linguistics of South America ⓘ important for studies of language contact in Amazonia ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Nambikwara people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
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ⓘ
western Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
American indigenous languages
ⓘ
languages of Brazil ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
complex verbal morphology in several varieties
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contrastive nasality in some languages ⓘ high typological diversity among member languages ⓘ relatively small phoneme inventories in some languages ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous communities in western Brazil ⓘ |
| wordOrder | variable basic word order across branches ⓘ |
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