| Dzubukuá | |
|---|---|
| Kiriri, Kariri-Xocó | |
| kariri xocó | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Cabrobó,Pernambuco |
| Ethnicity | Kariri-Xocó [pt] (Kiriri,Tingui-Botó,Xocó [pt],Fulni-ô [pt],Natú,Pankararú [pt],Karapotó [pt]) |
| Extinct | mid-20th century |
| Revival | 1989[1][2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kzw[3] |
| Glottolog | dzub1241 |
 Map of modern Kariri territory | |
Dzubukuá (Dzubucua), orKiriri, referred to by the community asKariri-Xocó,[3] is an extinctKaririan language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a singleKariri language. Since 1989, there is a process of linguistic revitalization underway; the Tingui-Botó people claim to use Dzubukuá in their secret Ouricuri ritual.[4]
It was spoken on theSão Francisco River islands, in theCabrobó area ofPernambuco.[5]
Phonology of the Dzubukuá language:[5]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | ||||
| voiced | d͡z | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Fricative | h | |||||
| Liquid | lateral | l | ||||
| rhotic | ɾ | |||||
| Semivowel | w | j | ||||
Vowel sounds are presented as [i, ɨ, u, e, o, a] and [œ] which is written out as a double voweloe. Nasal vowels are pronounced as [ɐ̃, ẽ, ĩ, õ, ũ] along with nasalized double vowelsoê andaê, not pronounced as diphthongs, but as nasalized monophthongs [œ̃, æ̃].[5]
 | ThisMacro-Jê languages–related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |