Tarairiú language
| Tarairiú | |
|---|---|
| Ochucuyana | |
| Otxukayana | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Ceará, Piauí, Alagoas, Pernambuco |
| Ethnicity | Tarairiú people |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Revival | In recovery in the Tapuya Tarairiú Village of Lagoa do Tapará in the municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante (Rio Grande do Norte) |
unclassified | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | tara1303 Tarairiújeni1237 Jenipapo-Kaninde |
Geographical extent of the Tarariú | |
Tarairiú is an extinct language of eastern Brazil. The Tarairiú Nation was divided into several etnies: the Janduí, Kanindé, Payakú (Pajoke, Pajacú, Bajacú), Jenipapo, Jenipapo-Kanindé, Javó, Kamaçu, Takarijú, Ariús, Pêgas, Caratiús, Coremas, Panatís, Paratiós, Piancós, Xukurú among others.
It was once spoken between the Assú River and Apodi River in Rio Grande do Norte.[1]
Classification
The language is attested only through a few word lists. Kaufman (1994) reports that "not even Gr[eenberg] dares classify this language".
Vocabulary
Loukotka (1968) gives three words in Tarairiú:[1]
- agh 'sun'
- kén 'stone'
- ake 'tobacco'
References
Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Tarairiú word list
- ^ a b Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- de Souza Santos, Juvandi (2009). Cariri e tarairiú? Culturas tapuias nos sertoẽs da Paraíba (PDF) (doctoral thesis). Porto Alegre: Pontificia Universidade Católica Do Rio Grande do Sul.