Pekodian | |
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Geographic distribution | Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil |
Linguistic classification |
Cariban
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Glottolog | peko1235 |
The Pekodian languages are a subgroup of the Cariban language family. The languages are spoken in Mato Grosso and Pará states of Brazil and make up the southernmost branch of Cariban. [1]
Meira and Chousou-Polydouri (2015) consider Pekodian to have descended from Cariban migrations that came from the north, as Cariban linguistic diversity is concentrated in northern South America. [2]
The term Pekodian was coined in 2005 by Meira and Bruna Franchetto on the basis of a cognate word for ‘woman’ found in these languages, respectively Bakairi pekodo and Ikpeng petkom, but not found in any of the other Cariban languages compared against them. [3]
The Pekodian languages are: [4] [5] [6]
Carvalho classifies the Pekodian languages as follows. [1]
The term Kampot is coined by Carvalho (2020) from the lexical innovation *kampot ‘fire’ defining the dialect cluster.
A number of sound changes are shared between Bakairí and Ikpeng: [3]
Pekodian languages have various loanwords from non-Cariban languages, including Juruna and Arawakan languages. [1]
Pekodian may have also influenced Bororoan and other non-Cariban language families.
Pekodian | |
---|---|
Geographic distribution | Mato Grosso and Pará, Brazil |
Linguistic classification |
Cariban
|
Glottolog | peko1235 |
The Pekodian languages are a subgroup of the Cariban language family. The languages are spoken in Mato Grosso and Pará states of Brazil and make up the southernmost branch of Cariban. [1]
Meira and Chousou-Polydouri (2015) consider Pekodian to have descended from Cariban migrations that came from the north, as Cariban linguistic diversity is concentrated in northern South America. [2]
The term Pekodian was coined in 2005 by Meira and Bruna Franchetto on the basis of a cognate word for ‘woman’ found in these languages, respectively Bakairi pekodo and Ikpeng petkom, but not found in any of the other Cariban languages compared against them. [3]
The Pekodian languages are: [4] [5] [6]
Carvalho classifies the Pekodian languages as follows. [1]
The term Kampot is coined by Carvalho (2020) from the lexical innovation *kampot ‘fire’ defining the dialect cluster.
A number of sound changes are shared between Bakairí and Ikpeng: [3]
Pekodian languages have various loanwords from non-Cariban languages, including Juruna and Arawakan languages. [1]
Pekodian may have also influenced Bororoan and other non-Cariban language families.