Abipón language

Abipón
Native to Argentina
Ethnicity Abipón people
Extinct 19th century[1]
Guaicuruan

  • Southern

    • Abipón
Language codes
ISO 639-3 axb
Glottolog abip1241[2]

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.

The Abipón language 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.[3]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Postalveolar/Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive/Affricate p t tʃ k q
Fricative ɣ ʁ h
Liquid w ɲ, l j w

Vowels

Front Back/Central
Closed i h
Mid e o
Open a

Bibliography

Cited in the Catholic Encyclopedia[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abingdon". Encyclopedia Britannica. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Abipon". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ John Mackenzie (ed.), Peoples, Nations and Cultures.
  4. ↑ Adolph Francis Bandelier (1907), Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Abipones Accessed on 2009-08-08.

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