Bakairi language

{{Infobox language

| name = Bakairí

| nativename = {{lang|bkq|Kurâ}}

| states = Brazil

| region = Mato Grosso

| ethnicity =

| speakers = 950

| date = 1999

| ref = e18

| familycolor = cariban

| fam1 = Cariban

| fam2 = Pekodian

| iso3 = bkq

| glotto = baka1277

| glottorefname = Bakairi

| altname = Bacairí, Bacaïri

| map2 = Lang Status 80-VU.svg

| mapcaption2 = {{center|{{small|Bakairi is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

}}

Bakairí (Bacairí) is a Cariban language, spoken by the Bakairi people in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil.

Phonology

The consonant and vowel inventories for Eastern Bakairí are shown below.{{sfn|Meira|2005}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+Consonants ! colspan="2" \| ! Bilabial ! Alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Glottal
rowspan="2" \| Plosive ! {{small\|voiceless}} \| {{IPA link\|p}} \| {{IPA link\|t}} \| \| {{IPA link\|k}} \|
{{small\|voiced}} \| {{IPA link\|b}} \| {{IPA link\|d}} \| \| {{IPA link\|ɡ}} \|
rowspan="2" \| Fricative ! {{small\|voiceless}} \| \| {{IPA link\|s}} \| {{IPA link\|ʃ}} \| \| {{IPA link\|h}}
{{small\|voiced}} \| \| {{IPA link\|z}} \| ({{IPA link\|ʒ}}) \| \|
colspan="2" \| Nasal \| {{IPA link\|m}} \| {{IPA link\|n}} \| ({{IPA link\|ɲ}}) \| \|
rowspan="2" \| Liquid ! {{small\|rhotic}} \| \| {{IPA link\|ɾ}} \| \| \|
{{small\|lateral}} \| \| {{IPA link\|l}} \| \| \|
colspan="2" \| Glide \| {{IPA link\|w}} \| \| {{IPA link\|j}} \| \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Consonants

! colspan="2" |

! Bilabial

! Alveolar

! Palatal

! Velar

! Glottal

rowspan="2" | Plosive

! {{small|voiceless}}

| {{IPA link|p}}

| {{IPA link|t}}

|

| {{IPA link|k}}

|

| {{IPA link|b}}

| {{IPA link|d}}

|

| {{IPA link|ɡ}}

|

rowspan="2" | Fricative

! {{small|voiceless}}

|

| {{IPA link|s}}

| {{IPA link|ʃ}}

|

| {{IPA link|h}}

|

| {{IPA link|z}}

| ({{IPA link|ʒ}})

|

colspan="2" | Nasal

| {{IPA link|m}}

| {{IPA link|n}}

| ({{IPA link|ɲ}})

|

rowspan="2" | Liquid

! {{small|rhotic}}

|

| {{IPA link|ɾ}}

|

| {{IPA link|l}}

|

colspan="2" | Glide

| {{IPA link|w}}

|

| {{IPA link|j}}

|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+Vowels ! ! Front ! Central ! Back
High \| {{IPA link\|i}} \| {{IPA link\|ɨ}} \| {{IPA link\|u}}
Mid \| {{IPA link\|e}} \| {{IPA link\|ə}} \| {{IPA link\|o}}
Low \| \| {{IPA link\|a}} \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Vowels

!

! Front

! Central

! Back

High

| {{IPA link|i}}

| {{IPA link|ɨ}}

| {{IPA link|u}}

Mid

| {{IPA link|e}}

| {{IPA link|ə}}

| {{IPA link|o}}

Low

|

| {{IPA link|a}}

|

Syntax

Baikarí word order is either subject–object–verb or object–verb–subject.{{Cite web |title=Bakairí |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/language/bkq |access-date=2019-02-07 |website=Ethnologue |language=en}}

Notes

References

{{Cite thesis |last=Faria |first=Geraldo Pinto De, Junior |title=A Grammar of the Bakairi Language |date=2022 |degree=PhD |publisher=Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |doi-access=free |isbn=978-94-6093-394-3 |doi=10.48273/lot0609}}
{{Cite journal |last=Meira |first=Sérgio |date=2005 |title=Reconstructing Pre-Bakairi Segmental Phonology |journal=Anthropological Linguistics |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=261–291 |jstor=25132338}}

Category:Languages of Brazil

Category:Cariban languages