Abipón language

Abipón
Native toArgentina
EthnicityAbipón people
Extinctby late 19th 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 is an extinct Guaicuruan language 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 ɲ
Plosive/Affricate p k q
Fricative ɣ ʁ h
Liquid w r, l j w

Vowels

Front Back/Central
Closed i ɨ
Mid
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. ^ Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Indigenous Languages of South America", The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 182–279, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0004, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1, retrieved 2026-02-16{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
  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.