Hixkaryána

E755547

Cariban language indigenous language of the Americas language

Hixkaryána is a Cariban language spoken by the Hixkaryana people of northern Brazil, noted for its rare object–verb–subject (OVS) basic word order.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hixkariyana	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cariban language ⓘ indigenous language of the Americas ⓘ language ⓘ
basicWordOrder	OVS ⓘ
belongsTo	indigenous languages of Brazil ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
endangeredStatus	endangered language ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Hixkaryana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlignmentType	nominative–accusative alignment ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Hixkariana NERFINISHED ⓘ Hixkariyana ⓘ Hixkaryana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBasicConstituentOrder	object–verb–subject ⓘ
hasClauseStructure	frequent use of clause-final subjects ⓘ
hasDocumentation	described in detail by linguist Desmond C. Derbyshire ⓘ
hasGlottocode	hixk1239 ⓘ
hasGlottologName	Hixkaryana NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGrammarPublication	“Hixkaryana and Linguistic Typology” NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	hix ⓘ
hasLanguageContactWith	Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ other Cariban languages ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus	minority language in Brazil ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive nasalization ⓘ relatively small phoneme inventory ⓘ
hasResearchField	Amazonian linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ descriptive linguistics ⓘ linguistic typology ⓘ
hasSpeakerPopulation	small number of speakers ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	head-final noun phrases ⓘ postpositions rather than prepositions ⓘ use of evidential particles ⓘ verb agreement with subject and object ⓘ
hasTypologicalSignificance	important example in word order typology ⓘ
hasWordOrderType	typologically rare ⓘ
isNotableFor	rare object–verb–subject basic word order ⓘ
languageBranch	Parukotoan branch of Cariban ⓘ
languageFamily	Cariban NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Amazon basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Roraima state (Brazil) NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Hixkaryana people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenInRegion	northern Brazil ⓘ
usedFor	oral communication in Hixkaryana communities ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

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

Hixkaryana language → hasAlternativeName → Hixkaryána ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hixkariyana