| Karipuna | |
|---|---|
| Eʼloê | |
| Jaũn Àvo | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rondônia |
| Ethnicity | Jau-Navo |
| Extinct | after 1927[1] |
Pano-Tacanan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kuq (confuses this language with Tupian Karipuna, a dialect ofKawahíva) |
| Glottolog | kari1312 |
Karipuna is an extinctPanoan language formerly spoken in the state ofRondônia in Brazil. It may have been a dialect ofChácobo.[2] It was also known asEʼloê,[1] as well asJau-Navo andJaunavô, based on the self-denominationJaũn Àvo.[3] It is primarily known from a number of wordlists recorded by various explorers of the Amazon region, includingJohann Natterer andCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius,[4] as well as by theRondon Commission.[1]
The following is a short extract of Martius' larger Karipuna vocabulary, from Keller 1874.[5]
| Karipuna | Gloss |
|---|---|
| oni passna | water |
| jui | tree |
| cannati | bow |
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