Amarakaeri language
Amarakaeri is an Amazonian language of the Harákmbut language family spoken in Peru along the Madre de Dios and Colorado Rivers. There is less than 1% literacy compared to 5 to 15% literacy in second language Spanish. There is one dialect called Kisambaeri. It is an official language and has a dictionary. Amarakaeri speakers include the Kochimberi, Küpondirideri, Wíntaperi, Wakitaneri, and Kareneri gold panning tribes. There is a common misconception is that Amarakaeri is an Arawakan language. Alternate names include Amarakaire, Amaracaire, and Mashco; the latter of which is considered a pejorative term.
| Amarakaeri | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Perú |
| Ethnicity | Amarakaeri people |
Native speakers | 1,600 (2007 census)[1] |
Harákmbut–Katukinan ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | amr |
| Glottolog | amar1274 |
Phonology
Amarakaeri has 18 vowels.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
All vowels have long forms. Except for /ɨ/, all vowels, both short and long forms, have nasalized forms.[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | plain | p | t | k | ʔ | |
| prenasalized | mb | nd | ŋg | |||
| Fricative | s | x | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
See also
References
- "Amarakaeri". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
- "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
| Amarakaeri language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
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