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Abipón
Abipón
Native to	Argentina
Ethnicity	Abipón people
Extinct	by late 19th century
Language family	Guaicuruan Southern Abipón; ;
Dialects	Rrikahé; Nakaigetergehé; Yaaukaniga;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	axb
Glottolog	abip1241
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Abipón is an extinct Guaicuruan language that was at one time spoken in Argentina by the Abipón people. Its last speaker is thought to have died in the 19th century.^[2] The language is also known as Abipone, Callaga and Apibon.^[3]

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n̪	ɲ
Plosive/Affricate	p	t̪	tʃ	k	q
Fricative				ɣ	ʁ	h
Liquid	w	r, l	j	w

Vowels

	Front	Back/Central
Closed	i	ɨ
Mid	e̞	o̞
Open	a

Bibliography

Cited in the Catholic Encyclopedia^[4]

Hervas (1785), Origine, Formazione, Mecanismo, ed Armonia degli Idiomi (Cesena)
Hervas (1787), Vocabulario poliglotto
Hervas (1787), Saggio practico delle Lingue ...
Adrian Balbi (1826), Atlas ethnographique du globe (Paris)
Alcide d'Orbigny (1839), L'Homme americain (Paris)
Daniel Brinton, The American Race.
UPSID

References

↑ Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Indigenous Languages of South America", The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 182–279, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0004, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1, retrieved 2026-02-16
↑ John Mackenzie (ed.), Peoples, Nations and Cultures.
↑ "Abipon". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
↑ Adolph Francis Bandelier (1907), Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Abipones Accessed on 2009-08-08.

External links

Lev, Michael; Stark, Tammy; Chang, Will (2012). "Phonological inventory of Abipon". The South American Phonological Inventory Database (version 1.1.3 ed.). Berkeley: University of California: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Digital Resource.
Abipón basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
World Atlas of Language Structures information on Abipón

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[1] Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "Indigenous Languages of South America", The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 182–279, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0004, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1, retrieved 2026-02-16

[mac-2] John Mackenzie (ed.), Peoples, Nations and Cultures.

[3] "Abipon". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

[cath-4] Adolph Francis Bandelier (1907), Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Abipones Accessed on 2009-08-08.

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