Lakondê language
(Redirected from Lakonde language)
| Lakondê | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Ethnicity | Lakondê |
Native speakers | 1 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | lkd |
| Glottolog | lako1248 |
Lakondê is a nearly extinct Nambikwaran language of Brazil, spoken by only one person.[3] The language is typologically polysynthetic.[4]
Speakers
[edit]Teresa Lakondê is the last speaker of the language. She also learnt Sabanê when she was young and frequently speaks Sabanê to other speakers.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Antunes de Araujo, Gabriel (2004). A Grammar of Sabanê: a Nambikwara Language (PDF) (PhD thesis). Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: LOT publications. ISBN 90-76864-59-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on Jul 9, 2020.
- ↑ Eberhard, David M. (2009). Mamaindê Grammar: A Northern Nambikwara language and its cultural context (PDF) (phd thesis). Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. ISBN 978-94-6093-012-6.
- ↑ Braga, Ana Gabriela Modesto (2012). Fonologia segmental do Lakondê (Família Nambikwára) (masters thesis). Recife: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.
- ↑ Wetzels, Leo; Telles, Stella (2017-11-06), "Polysynthesis in Lakondê, a Northern Nambikwaran Language of Brazil", in Fortescue, Michael; Mithun, Marianne; Evans, Nicholas (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Polysynthesis (1 ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 735–758, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199683208.013.42, ISBN 978-0-19-968320-8, retrieved 2026-06-01