Abipón language

Abipón
Native toArgentina
EthnicityAbipón people
Extinct19th century[1]
Guaicuruan
  • Southern
    • Abipón
Language codes
ISO 639-3axb
Glottologabip1241
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.

Abipón 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.[2] The language is also known as Abipone, Callaga and Apibon.[3]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental/
Alveolar 		Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n̪ ɲ
Plosive/Affricate p t̪ tʃ k q
Fricative ɣ ʁ h
Liquid w r, l j w

Vowels

Front Back/Central
Closed i ɨ
Mid e̞ o̞
Open a

Bibliography

Cited in the Catholic Encyclopedia[4]

  • Hervas (1785), Origine, Formazione, Mecanismo, ed Armonia degli Idiomi (Cesena)
  • Hervas (1787), Vocabulario poliglotto
  • Hervas (1787), Saggio practico delle Lingue ...
  • Adrian Balbi (1826), Atlas ethnographique du globe (Paris)
  • Alcide d'Orbigny (1839), L'Homme americain (Paris)
  • Daniel Brinton, The American Race.
  • UPSID

References

  1. ^ a b Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abingdon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 33. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
  2. ^ John Mackenzie (ed.), Peoples, Nations and Cultures.
  3. ^ "Abipon". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  4. ^ Adolph Francis Bandelier (1907), Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Abipones Accessed on 2009-08-08.



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