| Parkatêjê | |
|---|---|
| Pará Gavião | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Pará |
| Ethnicity | Parkatêjê |
Native speakers | 12 (2020)[1]: 10 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | timb1254 |
Parkatêjê, orPará Gavião, is aTimbira variety of theJê language family ofBrazil. It is spoken by 12[1]: 10 individuals inTerra Indígena Mãe Maria (Bom Jesus do Tocantins,Pará). It is closely related toKỳikatêjê, spoken by another Timbira group in the same reservation. Parkatêjê has been described and documented byLeopoldina Araújo[2][3] and, more recently, by other researchers from theFederal University of Pará.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial–velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Fricative | h | |||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||
| Tap/flap | ɾ |
Parkatêjê (and Kỳikatêjê) differ from all other Timbira varieties in lacking a contrast between /k/ and /kʰ/. Moreover, the glottal stop /ʔ/ in Parkatêjê may not occupy the coda position of a syllable, which Ribeiro-Silva (2020) attributes to loss of Proto-Timbira*ʔ in codas in Parkatêjê.[5]
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