Purí language

Purí is an extinct language of eastern Brazil.

Purí
Native toBrazil
EthnicityPurí people
ExtinctLate 19th century[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3prr
Glottologpuri1262  Puri

In the 2010s, a Puri language revitalization project was launched in the indigenous village of Maraká’nà (Maracanã), Rio de Janeiro State.[2]

Phonology

A hypothetical inventory of Purí, based on phonological data from various scholars, was created by Neto in 2007.[3][4]

Consonants
Consonants of Purí
Bilabial Alveolar Post-alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive b ᵐp p t k
Nasal m n ɲ
Sibilant affricate t̠ʃ
Sibilant fricative ʃ
Approximant j
Tap/flap ɾ

Vowels
Vowels of Purí
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ ? u
Close-mid e o
Open ä

References
  1. Purí at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. PURI, Txâma Xambé; PURI, Tutushamum; PURI, Xindêda. Kwaytikindo: retomada linguística Puri. In: Revista Brasileira de Línguas Indígenas - RBLI. Macapá, v. 3, n. 2, p. 77-101. doi:10.18468/rbli.2020v3n2.p77-101
  3. "Puri". South American Phonological Inventory Database (SAPhon v2.1.0). UC Berkeley. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  4. Neto, Ambrósio Pereira da Silva (2007). "Revisão da Classificaçao Da Família Lingüística Purí" (PDF): 23. Retrieved 23 November 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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