Kapon languages
E781693
Kapon languages are a small group of closely related Cariban languages spoken by indigenous Kapon peoples in the Guiana Highlands of northern South America.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cariban language subgroup
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Kapong languages
ⓘ
Kapong subgroup ⓘ |
| arealFeature |
ejective consonants
ⓘ
nasal harmony ⓘ postpositions ⓘ |
| arealGrouping | Guiana linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contactInfluence |
English language
ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ Spanish language ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | under-documented ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated |
Akawaio people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ingarikó people NERFINISHED ⓘ Patamona people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geneticRelationship | closely related Cariban languages ⓘ |
| geographicFeature |
Guiana Shield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pakaraima Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Akawaio language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ingarikó language NERFINISHED ⓘ Patamona language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639FamilyCode | caa (Cariban macro-family) ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cariban languages ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguageFamily |
Arawakan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pemon language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationStatus | small speaker populations ⓘ |
| region |
Guiana Highlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ |
| researchField |
Amazonian linguistics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cariban linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Kapon peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
endangered languages
ⓘ
minority languages ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Cariban languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Kapon communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ ritual communication ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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