Kipea language
| Kipeá | |
|---|---|
| Kariri | |
| Native to | Brazil |
| Region | between Bahia and Maranhão |
| Ethnicity | Kiriri people |
| Extinct | mid 20th century |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | included in kzw |
| Glottolog |
kipe1235[1] |
Kipeá (Quipea), or Kariri, is an extinct Karirian language of Brazil. It is sometimes considered a dialect of a single Kariri language. A short grammatical treatment is available.
Grammar
The morphology of the Kipeá language is predominantly isolating and analytic, unusual for a language native to the Americas.[2]
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Kipea". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ "Feature 20A: Fusion of Selected Inflectional Formatives". WALS. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
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