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''Eamõjãn (en).'' |
''Eamõjãn (en).'' |
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s-V (S) |
s-V (S) |
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/e-amõc-ã-t (ẽt)/ |
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2-dance-[[Thematic vowel|TH]]-[[Nonfuture tense|NFUT]] (2.[[Nominative case|NOM]]) |
2-dance-[[Thematic vowel|TH]]-[[Nonfuture tense|NFUT]] (2.[[Nominative case|NOM]]) |
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‘You danced.’ |
‘You danced.’ |
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''Etopkwap nã on.'' |
''Etopkwap nã on.'' |
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p-V A |
p-V A |
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/e-top-kʷ-a-p nã õt/ |
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2-see-[[Verbal number|PL]]-[[Thematic vowel|TH]]-''p'' [[Future tense|FUT]] 1.[[Nominative case|NOM]] |
2-see-[[Verbal number|PL]]-[[Thematic vowel|TH]]-''p'' [[Future tense|FUT]] 1.[[Nominative case|NOM]] |
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‘I’ll see you every day.’ |
‘I’ll see you every day.’ |
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Revision as of 18:46, 11 August 2020
| Wayoró | |
|---|---|
| Ajurú | |
| Region | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | 80 (2006)[1] |
Native speakers | 0 (2015)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | wyr |
| Glottolog | wayo1238 |
| ELP | Wayoró |
Wayoró is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken in the state of Rondônia, in the Amazon region of Brazil.
Syntax
As in other Tuparian languages, the main clauses of Wayoró follow the cross-linguistically rare nominative–absolutive pattern. Person prefixes on the verb are absolutive, i.e., they index the sole argument of an intransitive verb (S) and the patient argument ('direct object') of a transitive verb (P). Person pronouns, which follow the verb (either cliticizing to it or not) are nominative: they may encode the sole argument of an intransitive verb (S) or the agent argument of a transitive verb (A), but not the patient of a transitive verb (P). This is exemplified below.[2]: 99
Eamõjãn (en). s-V (S) /e-amõc-ã-t (ẽt)/ 2-dance-TH-NFUT (2.NOM) ‘You danced.’
Etopkwap nã on. p-V A /e-top-kʷ-a-p nã õt/ 2-see-PL-TH-p FUT 1.NOM ‘I’ll see you every day.’
References
- ^ a b Wayoró at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Galucio, Ana Vilacy; de Souza Nogueira, Antônia Fernanda (20 July 2018). "From object nominalization to object focus: The innovative A-alignment in the Tuparian languages (Tupian family)". Journal of Historical Linguistics. 8 (1): 95–127. doi:10.1075/jhl.16025.gal.
External links
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