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Peer reviewedPrice, P. David – Anthropological Linguistics, 1978
This analysis of the Nambiquara languages spoken by American Indians living in Brazil focuses on the phonological systems, the phonological reflexes, Proto-Nambiquara vocabulary and non-cognate vocabulary, and geographical distribution. Comparisons are made with published sources. (SW)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Consonants, Dialects, Geographic Distribution
Download full textMaia, Marcus – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1997
A study of verb agreement and clause structure in Karaja, a Brazilian indigenous language of Macro-Je stock, discusses the subject and object agreement systems with relation to the Feature Specification Constraint. Implementation of the SOV order in Karaja is then analyzed and evidence is presented for the existence of a single functional phrase…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Indigenous Populations
