Bahuana language

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Bahuana
Shiriana, Chiriana, Xiriâna
Bahwana
Pronunciation[baɸuana][1]
Native toBrazil
EthnicityShiriana people
Extinctc. 2000[2]
Arawakan
  • Central
    • Bahuanaic[3]
      • Bahuana
Language codes
ISO 639-3xir
Glottologxiri1243
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Bahuana (Bahwana), or Shiriana (Xiriâna, Chiriana), is an Arawakan language most closely related to Manao and Kariaí,[4] once spoken by the Shiriana people of Roraima, Brazil. It had an active–stative syntax.[5]

Phonology

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Bahuana consonant phonemes[1]
Bilabial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t c k ʔ ⟨'⟩
voiced b d ɟ
Fricative ɸ ts s ɕ ⟨x⟩ h
Nasal m n ɲ ⟨ñ⟩
Liquid w ɺ ⟨r⟩ j ⟨y⟩ ɻ ⟨R⟩
Bahuana vowel phonemes
Front Back
unrounded rounded
High i ɨ u
Low e a

Vocabulary

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Bahuana basic vocabulary[1]
Bahuana gloss
hɨɻa(tsɨ) blood
nikɨsaɨ heart
saɨ penis
(saba)taɨ vulva
taɨda skin
kiwici hair
kutabetsa
ciɲuma beard
tia excrement
kiwida head
naukɨsaɨ eye
kirina nose
numada mouth
ninima(da) tongue

References

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  5. ^ Aikhenvald, "Arawak", in Dixon & Aikhenvald, eds., The Amazonian Languages, 1999.