Arikem language

Arikem
Arikem
Ariquewme
Ahopovo
Native to	Brazil
Region	Rondônia
Extinct	1930s
Language family	Tupian Arikem Arikem; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ait
Glottolog	arik1264

Arikem is an extinct Tupian language of the state of Rondônia, in the Amazon region of Brazil, formerly spoken by the Arikem people. It had many foreign influences, and was once incorrectly classified as Chapacuran. The Arikem called themselves Ahopovo; the name "Arikem" comes from the Urupa language.^[2]

Vocabulary

Rondon & Faria (1948)

Below is a vocabulary of the Arikem language, taken from the Rondon Commission's vocabularies.^[3]

Arikem vocabulary
Gloss	Arikem
head	ó
tooth	nhóiôn
ear	uruçáua
hand	pú
water	exê
fire	xombí
stone	ixó
woman	oxepára
tapir	irú
maize	guió

References

^ Arikem at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Onofrio, Jan (1995-01-01). Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas. American Indian Publishers, Inc. pp. 102–103. ISBN 978-0-937862-28-5.
^ Rondon, Cándido M. S.; de Faria, João Barbosa (1948). Glossário geral das tribos silvícolas de Mato Grosso e outras da Amazônia e do Norte do Brasil: Tomo I. Publicação 76 do Conselho nacional de proteção dos Indios, Anexo. Vol. 5. Rio de Janeiro: Comissão Rondon.

[e25-1] Arikem at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Onofrio, Jan (1995-01-01). Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas. American Indian Publishers, Inc. pp. 102–103. ISBN 978-0-937862-28-5.

[3] Rondon, Cándido M. S.; de Faria, João Barbosa (1948). Glossário geral das tribos silvícolas de Mato Grosso e outras da Amazônia e do Norte do Brasil: Tomo I. Publicação 76 do Conselho nacional de proteção dos Indios, Anexo. Vol. 5. Rio de Janeiro: Comissão Rondon.

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