Tarairiú | |
---|---|
Otschukayana | |
Native to | Brazil |
Region | Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará |
Extinct | (date missing) |
unclassified | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog |
tara1303 Tarairiú
jeni1237 Jenipapo-Kaninde |
Tarairiú ( a.k.a. Caratiú) is an extinct and very poorly known language of eastern Brazil. The Tarairiu nation was divided into several tribes: the Janduí, Kanindé, Paiaku (Pajacú, Bajacú), Jenipapo, Jenipabuçu, Javó, Kamaçu, Tukuriju, Ariu, and "Xukuru" / Xacó.
It was once spoken between the Assú River and Apodi River in Rio Grande do Norte. [1]
Below is a list of extinct Tarairiú language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties. [1]
The language is attested only through a few word lists. A few words resemble those of neighboring Kariri (and other Macro-Je) and Xukuru languages, but not enough to support a genealogical connection. Kaufman (1994) reports that "not even Greenberg dares classify this language".
Some of the recorded words:
Gloss | Tarairiú [2] |
---|---|
'water' | teu |
'fire' | kiro-kia, intoá |
'stone' | kebra |
'head' | kreká |
'hair' | unj |
'ear' | bandulak |
'eye' | pigó |
'nose' | korõza |
'mouth' | moz |
'tooth' | cidolé |
'hand' | koreké |
'foot' | poyá |
'man' | xenupre |
'woman' | moela, moéça |
'son' | ako |
'house' | sok |
'eat' | kringó |
'sleep' | gonyã |
Resemblances with Macro-Jê languages are in kebra 'stone' (Proto-Je *kɛn), kreká 'head' (*krã), koreké 'hand' (*-ĩkra), and poyá 'foot' (*par). Resemblances with Xukuru are kiro- 'fire' (Xukuru kiyo), kringó 'eat' (kringgo 'feed'), sok 'house' (šekh).
Loukotka (1968) gives three words in Tarairiú: [1]
For a more extensive vocabulary list of Tarairiú by de Souza (2009), [3] see the corresponding Portuguese article.
An alternative list of Tarairiú words compared with " Jê" dialects and Cariri, compiled by the Paraíba historian José Elias Barbosa Borges, is given in Medeiros (1999): [4]
Portuguese gloss (original) |
English gloss (translated) |
Tarairiú | Jê dialects | Cariri |
---|---|---|---|---|
água | water | kaité | nko | dzu |
cabeça | head | kreká | krã | tçambu |
cabelo | hair | unj | sun | dü |
casa | house | sekri | ikré | crá |
comer | eat | kringó | khrem | ami |
dormir | sleep | gon-yá | nogon | uni |
filho | son | ako | ikra | inhurae |
fogo | fire | kiró, kia | korru, kuwi | isu |
mão | hand | koreke | bkhra | müsã |
mulher | woman | krippó | mprom, piko | tidzi |
nariz | nose | sikrin | khra | naembi |
olho | eye | aço | nto | do |
orelha | ear | bandulak | mpak | benhé |
pé | foot | poiá | par | bü |
Tarairiú | |
---|---|
Otschukayana | |
Native to | Brazil |
Region | Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará |
Extinct | (date missing) |
unclassified | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog |
tara1303 Tarairiú
jeni1237 Jenipapo-Kaninde |
Tarairiú ( a.k.a. Caratiú) is an extinct and very poorly known language of eastern Brazil. The Tarairiu nation was divided into several tribes: the Janduí, Kanindé, Paiaku (Pajacú, Bajacú), Jenipapo, Jenipabuçu, Javó, Kamaçu, Tukuriju, Ariu, and "Xukuru" / Xacó.
It was once spoken between the Assú River and Apodi River in Rio Grande do Norte. [1]
Below is a list of extinct Tarairiú language varieties listed by Loukotka (1968), including names of unattested varieties. [1]
The language is attested only through a few word lists. A few words resemble those of neighboring Kariri (and other Macro-Je) and Xukuru languages, but not enough to support a genealogical connection. Kaufman (1994) reports that "not even Greenberg dares classify this language".
Some of the recorded words:
Gloss | Tarairiú [2] |
---|---|
'water' | teu |
'fire' | kiro-kia, intoá |
'stone' | kebra |
'head' | kreká |
'hair' | unj |
'ear' | bandulak |
'eye' | pigó |
'nose' | korõza |
'mouth' | moz |
'tooth' | cidolé |
'hand' | koreké |
'foot' | poyá |
'man' | xenupre |
'woman' | moela, moéça |
'son' | ako |
'house' | sok |
'eat' | kringó |
'sleep' | gonyã |
Resemblances with Macro-Jê languages are in kebra 'stone' (Proto-Je *kɛn), kreká 'head' (*krã), koreké 'hand' (*-ĩkra), and poyá 'foot' (*par). Resemblances with Xukuru are kiro- 'fire' (Xukuru kiyo), kringó 'eat' (kringgo 'feed'), sok 'house' (šekh).
Loukotka (1968) gives three words in Tarairiú: [1]
For a more extensive vocabulary list of Tarairiú by de Souza (2009), [3] see the corresponding Portuguese article.
An alternative list of Tarairiú words compared with " Jê" dialects and Cariri, compiled by the Paraíba historian José Elias Barbosa Borges, is given in Medeiros (1999): [4]
Portuguese gloss (original) |
English gloss (translated) |
Tarairiú | Jê dialects | Cariri |
---|---|---|---|---|
água | water | kaité | nko | dzu |
cabeça | head | kreká | krã | tçambu |
cabelo | hair | unj | sun | dü |
casa | house | sekri | ikré | crá |
comer | eat | kringó | khrem | ami |
dormir | sleep | gon-yá | nogon | uni |
filho | son | ako | ikra | inhurae |
fogo | fire | kiró, kia | korru, kuwi | isu |
mão | hand | koreke | bkhra | müsã |
mulher | woman | krippó | mprom, piko | tidzi |
nariz | nose | sikrin | khra | naembi |
olho | eye | aço | nto | do |
orelha | ear | bandulak | mpak | benhé |
pé | foot | poiá | par | bü |