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Arawá
[edit]Sound Correspondences
[edit]The following sound correspondences are taken from “Proto-Arawá Phonology” (Dixon, 2004).
Arawá (A) | Kulina-Dení (KD) | Jarawara- Banawá- Jamamadí (JBM) |
Sorowahá (S) | Paumarí (P) | Proto-Arawá (PA) | IPA | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a | a | a | a | a | *a | [a] | |
e | e | a, i | a, i | *e | [e] | ||
i | i | i | i | i | *i | [i] | |
o | o | o | o | o | *o | [o] | |
w | w | w | w | w | *w | [β] or [w] | |
b | b | b | b | b | *b | [b] | all |
b | b | h | 'b | *'b | [ɓ] | initial | |
p | f | h | 'b | *'b | [ɓ] | medial | |
f | p | f | h | p | *p | [p] | all |
p | ph | f | h | p | *ph | [pʰ] | initial |
f | ph | f | h | f | *ph | [pʰ] | medial |
d | t (J), d (BM) | d | d | *d | [d] | all | |
t | t | t | d | 'd | *'d | [ɗ] | initial |
t | t | t | 'd | *'d | [ɗ] | medial | |
t | t | t | t | *t | [t] | initial | |
t | t | t | ' | *t | [t] | medial | |
th | t | t | th | *th | [tʰ] | all | |
w | w | g | g | *g | [ɡ] | all | |
k | k | k | k | k | *k | [k] | all |
kh | k | k | kh | *kh | [kʰ] | all | |
j | j | j | j | j | *j | [dz] or less likely [ɟ] | initial |
s | j | j | j | j | *j | [dz] or less likely [ɟ] | medial |
s | s | s | s | s | *s | [ts] | all |
s | sh | s | s | s | *sh | [tsʰ] | all |
sh | s | s | tx | *tx | [tʃ] | ||
m | m | m | m | m | *m | [m] | all |
n | n | n | n | n | *n | [n] | all |
r | r | r | r | r | *r | [r], [l], [ɺ] | all |
h | h | h | h | h | *h | [ɦ] | all |
∅ | ∅ | ∅ | ' | *' | [ʔ] | initial | |
' | ∅ | ' | *' | [ʔ] | medial |
Wordlist
[edit]The wordlist is taken from “Notes of a Journey up the River Juruá” (Chandless, 1869) and the reconstructions are taken from “Proto-Arawá Phonology” (Dixon, 2004).
References
[edit]- Chandless, W. (1869) “Notes of a Journey up the River Juruá”, in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, volume 39, pages 296-311.
- Dixon, R. W. M. (2004) “Proto-Arawá Phonology”, in Anthropological Linguistics, volume 46, pages 1-83.