Palmela language
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| Palmela | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | Rondônia |
| Extinct | by 1954[1] |
Cariban
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | palm1241 |
| Linguasphere | 80-AJA-aa |
Palmela (Palmella)[2][3] is an extinct and poorly attested Cariban language. By 1954, only one elderly man, Andre Paix, could remember a few words of his language.[1] According to Terrence Kaufman (2007), Palmela was phonologically divergent from other Cariban languages.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Becker-Donner, Etta (1956). "Archäologische Funde am mittleren Guaporé (Brasilien)" (PDF). Archiv für Völkerkunde. 11: 202–249.
- ↑ da Fonseca, João Severiano (1881). Viagem ao Redor do Brasil 1875-1878. Vol. II. Rio de Janeiro: Typographia de Pinheiro.
- ↑ Erland Nordenskiöld (1915). Forskningar och äventyr i Sydamerika.
- ↑ Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher, eds. (2007). "The native languages of South America". Atlas of the World's Languages (2nd ed.). ISBN 9781315829845.
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