Djeoromitxí language

There is no tonal system in Djeoromitxí and accent is not contrastive. Morphophonological processes are rare.

Syllable structure follows a (C)V pattern.{{sfnp|Pires|1992|pp=17}}

The table below shows the consonant phonemes of Djeoromitxí according to Ribeiro and van der Voort (2010).{{sfnp|Ribeiro|van der Voort|2010|pp=531}}

Although Pires (1992) counts /b/ /d/ as distinct phonemes, Ribeiro and van der Voort (2010) count them as allophones of /m/ /n/ before oral vowels.{{sfnp|Pires|1992|pp=19}}

According to Pires (1992), [{{IPA link|ɸ}}] is an allophone of /{{IPA link|p}}/ before high and medium round vowels, and [{{IPA link|ɲ}}] is an allophone of /{{IPA link|n}}/ following the high nasal vowel /{{IPA link|ĩ}}/.

While /ps/ and /bz/ only occur before /i/, they are contrastive with the other bilabial obstruents.{{sfnp|Pires|1992|pp=20}}

According to Ribeiro and van der Voort (2010), /k/ is backed to [q] before [ʉ] and often aspirated before /ə/ and /u/. They state that /p/ is realized as [ɸ] or [pɸ] before back vowels and [ʉ].

When preceded by a personal prefix, or when starting the second element of a compound, /h/ becomes /r/. With some roots, /h/ can become /n/ in a similar manner.{{sfnp|Ribeiro|van der Voort|2010|pp=532–533}}

The tables below show the vowel phonemes of Djeoromitxí according to Ribeiro and van der Voort (2010).{{sfnp|Ribeiro|van der Voort|2010|pp=531}}

The accounts of Pires (1992) and Ribeiro and van der Voort (2010) basically agree on the vowel phonemes.

According to Pires (1992), [{{IPA link|ũ}}] is an allophone of /{{IPA link|õ}}/ in free variation with [{{IPA link|õ}}] after /{{IPA link|h}}/.{{sfnp|Pires|1992|pp=34}}

Ribeiro and van der Voort (2010) state that /ʉ/ is often realized as [ø].{{sfnp|Ribeiro|van der Voort|2010|pp=531}}

Djeoromitxí has nouns, verbs, adverbs and particles, with adjectives treated as intransitive verbs. Its syntax is noun-modifier and SOV or OVS in order.{{sfnp|Ribeiro|van der Voort|2010|pp=533}}

The following examples demonstrate noun-modifier and SOV word order.

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|paku nõtʃi Ø- hukʉkʉ

|woman old 3- leave

|'The old woman left'}}

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|adʒɛ na ri kuka õ

|you 3 DAT fruit give

|'You give the fruit to him'}}

The following table shows Djeoromitxí pronominal forms.{{sfnp|Ribeiro|van der Voort|2010|pp=533}}

The use of the forms is illustrated in the following examples:{{sfnp|Ribeiro|van der Voort|2010|pp=533–535}}

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|hʉ hamə

|I tired

|'I'm tired'}}

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|adʒɛ a- ramə

|you 2- tired

|'You're tired'}}

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|nikʉ

|field

|'my planted field (with maize)'}}

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|i- rawa

|3- flower

|'(its) flower'}}

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|hʉ a- tʉmi adʒɛ

|I 2- beat you

|'I'm going to beat you'}}

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|hʉ i- tɛ a- ri i- ũ adʒɛ

|I 3- bring 2- DAT 3- give you

|'I brought it to give to you'}}

{{reflist}}

{{refbegin}}

• {{cite thesis

|last= Pires

|first= Nádia N.

|date= 1992

|title= Estudo da gramática da língua Jeoromitxi (Jabuti).

|type= MA thesis

|publisher= Universidade Estadual de Campinas

}}

• {{cite journal

|last1= Ribeiro

|first1= Eduardo

|last2= van der Voort

|first2= Hein

|date= 2010

|title= Nimuendajú was right: The inclusion of the Jabutí language family in the Macro-Jê stock.

|journal= International Journal of American Linguistics

|volume= 76

|issue= 4

|pages= 517–570

}}

{{refend}}

• [http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=new100&morpho=0&basename=new100\zhe\jab&limit=-1 Djeoromitxi basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database]

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