Hixkariana
E755548
Hixkariana is an alternative name for the Hixkaryana language, a Cariban language spoken by the Hixkaryana people of Brazil.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cariban language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| alternativeNameOf | Hixkaryana language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Amazonian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
indigenous languages of Brazil ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hixkaryana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName | Hixkaryana language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternateSpelling | Hixkaryana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch |
descriptive grammars and dictionaries
ⓘ
studies on basic word order ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive nasalization
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | villages along tributaries of the Rio Nhamundá ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | object–verb–subject ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | hix ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northern Cariban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | minority language in Brazil ⓘ |
| notableFor | early documentation of object–verb–subject basic word order ⓘ |
| region | Amazonas region of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Hixkaryana people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
head-final language
ⓘ
postpositional language ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous community in Brazil ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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