Kanamarí language

Kanamarí, or Katukina-Kanamari, is a Katukinan language spoken by about 650 individuals in Amazonas, Brazil. It is considered endangered.

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Kanamarí
Katukina-Kanamari
Native to	Brazil
Region	Amazonas
Ethnicity	3,340 (2006–2008)^[1]
Native speakers	1,300 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Harákmbut–Katukinan Katukinian Kanamarí
Dialects	Kanamari (Dyapá) Katukina
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `knm` – Kanamari `kav` – Katukina
Glottolog	`kana1291`
ELP	Dyapá

The two principal varieties, Kanamari (Canamarí) and Katukina (Catuquina), are mutually intelligible, and have both been confused with neighboring languages with the same or similar names.^[2]

Synonyms and dialect names include Tshom-djapa, Tsohon-djapa, Wiri-dyapá, Pidá-dyapá, Kutiá-dyapá (Kadiu-diapa, Cutiadapa), Tucun-diapa, Bendiapa, Parawa.

Etymology

The term Katukina is derived from the Proto-Purus term *ka-tukanɨ, meaning 'speaker of an indigenous language'.^[3] As a result, it is used to refer to a few different unrelated languages belonging to separate language families, including Panoan and Arawakan:

Katukina (Arawakan)
Katukína (Panoan)
Catuquinarú (unclassified)

Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	tʃ	k
voiced	b	d	dʒ
Nasal	m	n	ɲ
Fricative					h
Approximant		l

An alveolar lateral consonant /l/ may be realized as a retroflex lateral [ɭ]. A velar nasal [ŋ] sound is often heard when following after nasal vowels. A glottal stop [ʔ] can be heard before word-initial vowels. A word-final /k/ may also sound unreleased [k̚].

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

	Front	Central	Back
unrounded	rounded
High	i iː		ɯ ɯː	u uː
Low		a aː

/i/ and /u/ may be realized as approximant sounds [j] and [w], when preceding another vowel.^[4]

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Grammar

The syntax of Kanamarí is characterized by ergative–absolutive alignment.^[5] The absolutive argument (i.e. the subject of intransitive verbs and the object of transitive verbs) is unmarked for case, and usually appears following the verb phrase.

tyuku

die

wa:pa

dog

'The dog died.'

no-ti

2.SG.GEN-kill

paiko

grandfather

'You killed grandfather.'

If the absolutive argument is a pronoun, it is represented by its free-standing form.

ki:tan

sleep

idi:k

2.SG

'You slept.'

The ergative argument (i.e. the agent of transitive verbs) is marked for genitive case. If the agent is a pronoun, it is represented by a genitive prefix (as in no-ti paiko 'you killed grandfather' above). If the agent is a full noun, it is linked to the verb with the case marker na, which phonologically attaches to the verb:

pi:da

jaguar

na=ti

GEN=kill

paiko

grandfather

'The jaguar killed grandfather.'

Kanamarí language

Etymology

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

Grammar

References

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