Abipón language

Abipón was a native American language of the Guaicuruan group of the Guaycurú-Charruan^[1] family that was at one time spoken in Argentina by the Abipón people. Its last speaker is thought to have died in the 19th century.^[2] The language is also known as Abipone, Callaga and Apibon.^[3]

Abipón
Native to	Argentina
Ethnicity	Abipón people
Extinct	19th century[1]
Language family	Guaicuruan Southern Abipón
Language codes
ISO 639-3	axb
Glottolog	abip1241
Map with approximate distributions of languages in Patagonia at the time of the Spanish conquest. Source: W. Adelaar (2004): The Andean Languages, Cambridge University Press.
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n̪	ɲ
Plosive/Affricate	p	t̪	tʃ	k	q
Fricative				ɣ	ʁ	h
Liquid	w	r, l	j	w

Vowels

	Front	Back/Central
Closed	i	ɨ
Mid	e̞	o̞
Open	a

Bibliography

Cited in the Catholic Encyclopedia^[4]

• Hervas (1785), Origine, Formazione, Mecanismo, ed Armonia degli Idiomi (Cesena)
• Hervas (1787), Vocabulario poliglotto
• Hervas (1787), Saggio practico delle Lingue ...
• Adrian Balbi (1826), Atlas ethnographique du globe (Paris)
• Alcide d'Orbigny (1839), L'Homme americain (Paris)
• Daniel Brinton, The American Race.
• UPSID