Japreria language
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| Japrería | |
|---|---|
| Yapreria, Motilón, Yukpa-Japrería[1] | |
| Native to | Venezuela |
| Ethnicity | 160 (2011)[2] |
Native speakers | 170 (2002 census)[2] |
Cariban
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jru |
| Glottolog | japr1238 |
| ELP | Japréria |
Japrería (also known as Yapreria, Motilón and Yukpa-Japrería)[1] is a Cariban language of Venezuela.
Phonology
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Stop/Affricate | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | ʔ | ||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | ||||
| Approximant | ʋ | j | |||||
| Rhotic | ɾ | ʀ |
- /ʋ/ is labiodental, while /m, p/ are bilabial.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Japréria". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ a b Japrería at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b "Japreria". SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories. v. 2.1.0. Retrieved 6 July 2024., citing Oquendo 2004a, p. 67
- ^ a b Oquendo 2004a, p. 67.
References
[edit]- Oquendo, Luis (2004a). "La vibrante uvular y la aproximante labiodental en la lengua japreria como cultura fonológica" (PDF). Opción (in Spanish). 20 (45): 60–74.
Further reading
[edit]- de Armellada, P. Cesáreo (1957). "Los indios Japrería. Algunas noticias antiguas y modernas y comentarios sobre las mismas". Venezuela Misionera. 225.
- de Armellada, Cesáreo (1956). "Los indios Japréria, una nueva tribu redescubierta". Boletín Indigenista. 16 (210): 356–365.
- Dupouy, Walter (1958). "Noticias de los indios Japrería". Antropológica. 4: 1–16.
- Durbin, Marshall; Seijas, Haydée (1972). "The phonological structure of the Western Carib languages of the Sierra de Perija, Venezuela". Atti del XL Congresso Internazionale degli Americanisti. Vol. 3. pp. 69–77.
- Flores, Elexander (2002). Morfosintaxis del Japreria (MA thesis). Maracaibo: Universidad del Zulia.
- Jaramillo Gómez, O. (1992). "Los Yuko-Yukpa". Geografía humana de Colombia. Vol. II: Nordeste indígena. Bogotá: ICCH. pp. 294–339.
- Oquendo, Luis (2004b). "Is Japreria a Yukpa Dialect?". Lingua Americana. 8 (14).
- Ruddle, K.; Wilbert, J. (1983). "Los Yukpa". In Coppens, W. (ed.). Los aborígenes de Venezuela. Vol. II. pp. 33–124.
- Straka, H. (1980). Ocho años entre yukpas y japrerías. Caracas: Ediciones de la Presidencia de la República.
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