Koropó language

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{{Infobox language

| name = Koropó

| nativename =

| states = Brazil

| ethnicity = {{ill|Koropó people|lt=Koropós|pt|Coropós}}

| ref =

| familycolor = macro-je | fontcolor = white

| fam1 = Macro-Gê

| fam2 = Maxakalían{{cite web| editor-last1= Hammarström| editor-first1 = Harald| editor-last2 = Forke| editor-first2 = Robert| editor-last3 = Haspelmath| editor-first3 = Martin| editor-last4 = Bank| editor-first4 = Sebastian| year = 2020|title = Koropó | work = Glottolog 4.3| url = https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/coro1248}}

| iso3 = xxr

| glotto = coro1248

| glottorefname = Koropó

| altname = Coropó

| era = attested 1820

| region = Minas Gerais

| fam3 = Maxakalí group

}}

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Koropó (Coropó) is an extinct language of eastern Brazil. It has been variously classified as a Maxakalían or a Purian language.

Classification

Although Silva Neto (2007) had assumed Koropó to be a Purian language,Silva Neto, Ambrósio Pereira da Silva. 2007. [https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/2328 Revisão da classificação da família lingüística Puri]. M.A. dissertation, University of Brasília. Nikulin (2020) classifies Koropó as Macro-Jê (Maxakalían branch).Nikulin, Andrey. 2020. [http://etnolinguistica.org/local--files/tese%3Anikulin-2020/Nikulin_2020_Proto-Macro-Je.pdf Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo]. Doctoral dissertation, University of Brasília.

Geographical distribution

In the 18th century, Koropó speakers lived with Coroado Puri speakers along the Pomba River in Minas Gerais.Ramirez, H., Vegini, V., & França, M. C. V. de. (2015). [https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/liames/article/download/8642302/19659/ Koropó, puri, kamakã e outras línguas do Leste Brasileiro]. LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas, 15(2), 223 - 277. {{doi|10.20396/liames.v15i2.8642302}}

Documentation

Koropó is attested by two word lists collected by German explorers in the early 1800s:

Eschwege (2002: 122-127), 127 words collected in 1815
Schott (1822, pp. 48-51), 55 words collected in 1818Schott, Heinrich Wilhelm. 1822. Tagebücher des K.K. Gärtners in Brasilien. vol. 2. Brünn.

Phonology

= Consonants =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+Consonants of Koropó{{Cite thesis \|last=da Silva Neto \|first=Ambrósio Pereira \|title=Revisão da classificação da família lingüística Purí \|date=2007 \|degree=Master's \|publisher=Universidade de Brasília \|url=https://repositorio.unb.br/bitstream/10482/2328/1/2007_AmbrosioPereiradaSilvaNeto.pdf \|place=Brasília}} ! colspan="2" \| !Bilabial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar
rowspan="2" \|Plosive/Affricate !voiceless \|{{IPAlink\|p}} \|{{IPAlink\|t}} \|{{IPAlink\|tʃ}} \|{{IPAlink\|k}}
voiced \|{{IPAlink\|b}} \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Nasal \|{{IPAlink\|m}} \|{{IPAlink\|n}} \|{{IPAlink\|ɲ}} \|
colspan="2" \|Sibilant \| \| \|{{IPAlink\|ʃ}} \|
colspan="2" \|Approximant \| \|{{IPAlink\|ɾ}} \|{{IPAlink\|j}} \|

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

|+Consonants of Koropó{{Cite thesis |last=da Silva Neto |first=Ambrósio Pereira |title=Revisão da classificação da família lingüística Purí |date=2007 |degree=Master's |publisher=Universidade de Brasília |url=https://repositorio.unb.br/bitstream/10482/2328/1/2007_AmbrosioPereiradaSilvaNeto.pdf |place=Brasília}}

! colspan="2" |

rowspan="2" |Plosive/Affricate

!voiceless

|{{IPAlink|p}}

|{{IPAlink|t}}

|{{IPAlink|tʃ}}

|{{IPAlink|k}}

voiced

|{{IPAlink|b}}

colspan="2" |Nasal

|{{IPAlink|m}}

|{{IPAlink|n}}

|{{IPAlink|ɲ}}

colspan="2" |Sibilant

|{{IPAlink|ʃ}}

colspan="2" |Approximant

|{{IPAlink|ɾ}}

|{{IPAlink|j}}

= Vowels =

Koropó has a 5-vowel system.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ ! !Front !Central !Back
Close \|{{IPAlink\|i}} \| \|{{IPAlink\|u}}
Mid \|{{IPAlink\|e}} \| \|{{IPAlink\|o}}
Open \| \|{{IPAlink\|a}} \|

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

!Front

!Central

!Back

|{{IPAlink|i}}

|{{IPAlink|u}}

Mid

|{{IPAlink|e}}

|{{IPAlink|o}}

Open

|{{IPAlink|a}}

References

Category:Extinct languages of South America

Category:Maxakalían languages

Category:Indigenous languages of Eastern Brazil