Kulina language

Culina
Culina
Native to	Perú, Brazil
Ethnicity	Kulina people
Native speakers	3,900 (2002–2006)
Language family	Arauan Culina;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cul
Glottolog	culi1244
ELP	Culina

Kulina (also Kulína, Kulyna, Culina, Curina, Corina, Korina, Culina-Madijá, Madijá, Madija, Madiha, Madihá) is an Arawan language of Brazil and Peru spoken by about 4,000 Kulina people. Kulina is similar to the Deni language, as they have even been considered different dialects of the same language. Both languages have SOV word order,^[2] as well as three sets of alveolar affricate consonants. It is believed the presence of the reconstructed phoneme *s in place of the fricative *s^h is indicative of the Kulina and Deni languages as opposed to other languages in the Arawan family.^[3]

Grammar

The basic constituent order is subject–object–verb.

Bibliography

Boyer, Cindy & Jim Boyer. 2000. Dictionario: (sic) Culina - Castellano. Unpublished Manuscript.
Dienst, Stefan. 2014. A Grammar of Kulina. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
Dienst, Stefan. 2009. "Stative Verbs in Kulina". ReVel Revista Virtual de Estudos de Lingaugem.
Diesnt, Stefan. 2008a. "Portuguese Influence on Kulina". In Thomas Stolz, Dik Bakker & Rosa Salas Palomo (eds.) Aspects of language contact. New theoretical, methodological and empirical findings with special focus on Romancisation processes, 287-297. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
Dienst, Stefan. 2008b. "Why Kulina doesn't have an antipassive". Amerindia 32: 27-36.
Dienst, Stefan. 2005. "The innovation of s in Kulina and Deni". Anthropological Linguistics 52: 209-243.
Monserrat, Ruth Maria Fonini & Abel O. Silva. 1986. Gramática da língua Kulina. Dialeto do Igarapé do Anjo. Acre: Conselho Indigenista Missionário.
Silva, Abel O. & Ruth M. F. Monserrat.1984. Dicionário Kulina – Português e Português – Kulina. (Dialeto do Igarapé do Anjo). Acre: Conselho Indigenista Missionário.
Tiss, Frank. 2004. Gramática da língua Madiha (Kulina). São Leopoldo: Oikos.
Wright, Pamela Sue. 1991. La hipótesis del inacusativo y los verbos mádija (culina). Revista Latino-americana de Estudios Ethnolingüísticos 6: 49-62.
Wright, Pamela Sue. Madija predicates. Working Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota 39: 93-140.

References

^ Culina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Culina Language and the Culina Indian Tribe (Kulina Madihá, Kulína, Kulyna, Kurina, Corina, Madija, Kollina, Kulino)". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
^ Dienst, Stefan. "The Innovation of s in Kulina and Deni". Anthropological Linguistics. 47: 424–441 – via JSTOR.

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[e18-1] Culina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Culina Language and the Culina Indian Tribe (Kulina Madihá, Kulína, Kulyna, Kurina, Corina, Madija, Kollina, Kulino)". www.native-languages.org. Retrieved 2018-02-23.

[3] Dienst, Stefan. "The Innovation of s in Kulina and Deni". Anthropological Linguistics. 47: 424–441 – via JSTOR.

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